trumpery
something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
nonsense; twaddle: His usual conversation is pure trumpery.
Archaic. worthless finery.
of little or no value; trifling, worthless; rubbishy; trashy.
Origin of trumpery
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How to use trumpery in a sentence
How trumpery it all seemed now with his wide experience of life and his knowledge of other countries and the great outside world.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodThe trumpery thing had seemed a sign to them, and now the sign was broken.
Tristram of Blent | Anthony HopeRoll up your aristocratic trumpery, and give the party a leader.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883 | VariousHe—to be summoned to take a long journey on account of some trumpery cattle case!
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordI don't care how trumpery the arguments used; I don't value one straw the fallacy of the statements put forward.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for trumpery
/ (ˈtrʌmpərɪ) /
foolish talk or actions
a useless or worthless article; trinket
useless or worthless
Origin of trumpery
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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