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Meanings of gimcrack (gimcracks) in English

Tastelessly showy.

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      Ornamental objects of no great value.

          Usage of gimcracks in English
          1
          About antiquities, the old gimcracks that people pay so much for today.
          The Aspern Papers
          2
          Let me know if the gimcracks come safe- Imeanthe book, etc.
          Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10)
          3
          My girl is taking me out shopping, to buy gimcracks and things!
          Cruel As The Grave
          4
          The gimcracks he loved to make were all for the public rooms below.
          The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
          5
          Her husband bade her buy laces, millinery, jewels, and gimcracks of all sorts.
          Vanity Fair
          6
          Japan wanted neither the friendship of Russia nor her gimcracks.
          Rezanov
          7
          Such fugitive gimcracks as they had brought away with them decorated the little salon.
          The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
          8
          Golden eyes focused like lenses over winking jewels and gimcracks.
          The Door Through Space
          9
          Expectation interspersed with gimcracks seems to be the programme.
          Gala-Days
          10
          Now teach me that dance, and I will patch up all the rest of the gimcracks.
          The Brownies and Other Tales
          11
          Lashmar stretched his legs, smiled at the gimcracks shelved and niched above the mantelpiece, and began talking.
          Our Friend the Charlatan
          12
          There they march in state, and a pretty contempt our artist shows for all their gimcracks and trumpery.
          George Cruikshank
          13
          But me and the Judge was sure we could round up a wagonful of candidates for your gimcracks.
          Heart of the West
          14
          We men want space, not gimcracks.
          The Brentons
          15
          Mebby the young lady in thar kin show me the things and tell me the names of yer Yankee gimcracks.
          Darkness and Daylight: A Novel
          16
          These serve as playthings for the grown-ups, many of whom, especially the Indians and Eskimos, are quite childlike with gimcracks.
          The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T...
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