gimcrack

Example Sentences

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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

Beneath the gimcrack pretext, one simple reason: The court didn’t like the law.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 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

With their showy, gimcrack splendour, his novels are the 19th-century equivalent of Hollywood tinsel.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2013

I was never one to jump to gimcrack conclusions, and I said as much with perhaps more candour than the occasion required.

From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)