gewgaw
noun
something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
geegaw
-
a variation of
gewgaw.
Example Sentences
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As for those Christmas gifts, don’t increase your debt for the purchase of some quickly forgotten geegaw.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2016
“Nuts!” is an intriguing, if patronizing, curio from the cabinet of American arcana, a geegaw from the collective attic that, when dusted off, looks grotesquely funny in the light of today.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2016
In her dissent, Justice Kagan said this approach “would turn the confrontation clause into a constitutional geegaw — nice for show, but of little value.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2012
This royal geegaw has been out of circulation for years.
From Time Magazine Archive
