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Steamboat Gothic
or steamboat gothic
noun
- a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Steamboat Gothic1
First recorded in 1940–45
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Example Sentences
Though outwardly the Secretary General's mansion was hyper-gingerbread steamboat Gothic, inwardly it was entirely modern in plan.
From Project Gutenberg
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