About The Word Gewgaw

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Gewgaw

Gewgaw Meaning & Definition
Gewgaw Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gewgaw?

[n] cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gewgaw: bangle | bauble | fallal | gaud | novelty | trinket

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gewgaw: a continental | a curse | a damn | a darn | a hoot | agate | bagatelle | ball | baseball bat | bat | battledore | bauble | bean | bibelot | bijou | bit | blocks | brass farthing | bric-a-brac | button | cent | checkerboard | chessboard | club | cockhorse | cricket bat | cue | curio | doll | doll carriage | farce | farthing | feather | fig | fleabite | folderol | fribble | frippery | gaud | gimcrack | golf club | hair | halfpenny | hill of beans | hobbyhorse | jack-in-the-box | jacks | jackstones | jackstraws | jest | joke | kickshaw | knack | knickknack | knickknackery | marble | marionette | mig | minikin | mockery | molehill | novelty | paper doll | peppercorn | picayune | pick-up sticks | pin | pinch of snuff | pinprick | pinwheel | plaything | puppet | racket | rag doll | rap | red cent | rocking horse | row of pins | rush | shit | snap | sneeshing | sou | sport | steelie | straw | taw | teetotum | top | toy | toy soldier | trifle | trinket | triviality | tuppence | two cents | twopence | vanity | whatnot | whim-wham

See Also | stuff | sundries | sundry | whatchamacallit | whatsis

Gewgaw In Webster's Dictionary

\Gew"gaw\, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See {Give}, and cf. {Giffgaff}.] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. --Dryden.
\Gew"gaw\, a. Showy; unreal; pretentious. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. --Tennyson.

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