gewgaws

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Batman and Superman gewgaws are on view to underscore that point.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Sotheby’s first positioned itself as a retailer in the late 1990s, when the venerable auction house appointed Dubin, then head of its fashion department, to organize a sale of vintage fashions and gewgaws.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022

From the collection of globe-trotting Loser Cheryl Davis, who deaccessioned several similar gewgaws on the E. This one doesn’t leak.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

I actually screamed when Lisa showed up at Charlotte’s apartment in a rustic burlap sack covered in metal gewgaws.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021

No place in town had more gimcracks, doodads, and gewgaws crammed into less space in a more orderly fashion than Onofre’s spread.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols