gaud

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With sumptuous production values and characters who spent every available petrodollar, Dallas elevated conspicuous consumption to a secular religion: gaud almighty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alexander loved gaud and baubles; Stalin likes big boots and old brown tunics.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is frequently seen dressed in fantastic gaud, seated in a brilliant howdah atop a huge elephant, with his sceptre in one hand, and a Rolleiflex camera in the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

A mere gaud of a purple stone; but they do say it would be worth a thousand pounds if one had it in London.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

What, after all, as a topic of conversation, was Loveday's ill-gotten gaud compared with the thrill of the new Alexandra jacket with its pegtop sleeves?

From The White Riband Or, a Young Female's Folly by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)