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Meanings of gimcrack in English

Tastelessly showy.

Related terms

Ornamental objects of no great value.

Usage of gimcrack in English
1
I took out the little gimcrack I use to clean my pipe.
One night stands & lost weekends
2
Lancing on board thet gimcrack boat, an' ain't tuh be depended on.
Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
3
Falco, the man with this gimcrack export market is-AtiusPertinax.
The Silver Pigs
4
The spirit of a whiter, rockier music hangs over Geremy Jasper's gimcrack hip-hop epic.
The Irish Times
5
Even so, its pale-biscuit siding was gimcrack vinyl, its chalk-white trim a flimsy metal.
The Guardian
6
And I feared also that they experimented too with some gimcrack form of Creole mysticism.
Ghost Story
7
It is a catalyst for pea-brained theories, gimcrack scholarship, and the credulous cosmologies of hysteria.
Sympathy for the devil
8
You won't live in an old manor like this, but among gimcrack little 'arty' houses.
Mr. Standfast
9
And these here gimcrack houses, they won't stand no more pecking at than a soap-sud.
Foul Play
10
I hate modern villas,' retorted Gwen, 'with gimcrack walls and smoky chimneys and bad drainage!
The Carved Cupboard
11
They must live in gimcrack suburban villas, and "give parties."
Thrift
12
I supposed it to hold some pretty gimcrack, sent as a pleasant parting token of remembrance.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
13
What do you say if we take this money and buy her some little personal gimcrack?
Rosemary
14
Because it means that you really think you're doing something with your gimcrack contraption, whatever it is.
The Gods Themselves
15
Peering through the boughs, I saw a man seated in the smallest and most gimcrack of donkey-carts.
Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
16
She hobbles together a gimcrack plan, hooks up with a pal and cranks it into awkward motion.
The Irish Times
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