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gewgaw
[ gyoo-gaw, goo- ]
noun
- something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
gewgaw
/ ˈɡuː-; ˈɡjuːɡɔː /
noun
- a showy but valueless trinket
adjective
- showy and valueless; gaudy
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- gewgawed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gewgaw1
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Example Sentences
Here again the gewgaw of royal parade was intended to entrap the admiration of the ignorant.
Compare it for a moment with the gewgaw skimble-skamble diplomatic sensationalism with which we have been presented since.
Some of them have been won by a mess of pottage, a mere bauble or a gewgaw.
Patient investigation reveals a lacquered toilet-box with a mirror under the lid, a cheap and nasty gewgaw.
She wondered what Madame Beattie thought she could get out of giving up the adored gewgaw into other hands.
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