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
True, much of commercial fiction, including some of the most successful titles, is gimcrack palaver.
From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2017
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 expected you'd spend your money on some pesky gimcrack or other.
From Eyebright A Story by Susan Coolidge
