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Gewgaw   /gjˈugɑ/   Listen
noun
Gewgaw  n.  A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
Synonyms: knicknack; bauble; tschotschke. "A heavy gewgaw called a crown."



adjective
Gewgaw  adj.  Showy; unreal; pretentious. "Seeing his gewgaw castle shine."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Gewgaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... that record The manly spirit, and the bounteous board, Me more delight than all the gewgaw train, The whims and zigzags of a modern brain, More than all Asia's marmosets to view, Grin, frisk, and water in the walks ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... gewgaw, then!" shouted a thin, haggard female viciously, as she suddenly clutched at the young girl's kerchief, and with a mocking, triumphant laugh ...
— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy



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