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gimcrack

[jim-krak] / ˈdʒɪmˌkræk /


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To call this tourist fare is merely to say that its appeal is generic and, yes, a bit gimcrack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2018

When it comes to ludicrous, gimcrack wish-fulfillment, each of us is entitled to our own favorite flavor.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2016

The movie burnishes the image of this visionary C.E.O. even as it tries to peek behind the curtain at the gimcrack machinery of omnipotence.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015

The central Seoul district of Itaewon, once a gimcrack preserve of GIs and expatriates, is now awash in restaurants that give new meaning to the word “fusion” — starting with their owners.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2015

No gimcrack work about these villas, they are built of solid ornamentally-chiselled stone, built to weather the storms of centuries.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables




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