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Gimcrack

Gimcrack Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gimcrack? [adj] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gimcrack: brassy \| cheap \| flash \| flashy \| garish \| gaudy \| in poor taste(p) \| loud \| meretricious \| tacky \| tasteless \| tatty \| tawdry \| trashy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gimcrack: a continental \| a curse \| a damn \| a darn \| a hoot \| agate \| apparatus \| bagatelle \| ball \| baseball bat \| bat \| battledore \| bauble \| bean \| bibelot \| bit \| blocks \| brass farthing \| bric-a-brac \| button \| cent \| checkerboard \| chessboard \| club \| cockhorse \| contraption \| contrivance \| cricket bat \| cue \| curio \| device \| doll \| doll carriage \| farce \| farthing \| feather \| fig \| fleabite \| folderol \| fribble \| frippery \| gadget \| gaud \| gewgaw \| gimmick \| gizmo \| golf club \| hair \| halfpenny \| hand tool \| hill of beans \| hobbyhorse \| implement \| instrument \| jack-in-the-box \| jacks \| jackstones \| jackstraws \| jest \| joke \| kickshaw \| knack \| knickknack \| knickknackery \| marble \| marionette \| means \| mechanical device \| mig \| minikin \| mockery \| molehill \| novelty \| paper doll \| peppercorn \| picayune \| pick-up sticks \| pin \| pinch of snuff \| pinprick \| pinwheel \| plaything \| power tool \| precision tool \| puppet \| racket \| rag doll \| rap \| red cent \| rocking horse \| row of pins \| rush \| shit \| snap \| sneeshing \| sou \| speed tool \| sport \| steelie \| straw \| taw \| teetotum \| tool \| top \| toy \| toy soldier \| trifle \| trinket \| triviality \| tuppence \| two cents \| twopence \| utensil \| whatnot \| whim-wham See Also \| Gimcrack In Webster's Dictionary \Gim"crack`\, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.] A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing. --Arbuthnot.

Gimcrack Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gimcrack?

[adj] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

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Gimcrack In Webster's Dictionary

\Gim"crack`\, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender,
also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.]
A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
--Arbuthnot.

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