gimcrack
Example Sentences
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Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw .
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021
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
From my little pod I surveyed a vast acreage of gimcrack houses and, beyond, the densely forested peaks of the mountains that surround Medellín.
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2015
Beneath the gimcrack pretext, one simple reason: The court didn’t like the law.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2015
As a rule, they are of a flimsy and gimcrack order of architecture.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
