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Definition of Gewgaw

Gewgaw
Gewgaw Gew"gaw, n. [OE. gigawe, gugawe, gewgaude, prob. the same word as OE. givegove gewgaw, apparently a reduplicated form fr. AS. gifan to give; cf. also F. joujou plaything, and E. gaud, n. See Give, and cf. Giffgaff.] A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. --Dryden.
Gewgaw
Gewgaw Gew"gaw, a. Showy; unreal; pretentious. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. --Tennyson.

Meaning of Gewgaw from wikipedia

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- newspaper hitherto seen in the history of journalism. But by confusing gewgaws with pearls, by selecting the paltry at the expense of the significant...
- Retrieved March 22, 2016. "Profile: Jed Simon." Zimmers Hole (official site). Gewgaw, Hervé S.K.; trans. Billerey, Roger (August–September 1995). "Strapping...
- Green (tenor sax), Robin Aspland (Wurlitzer piano) 1997 Gimcracks and Gewgaws Blue Note With Mark Shim (tenor sax), Russell Malone (guitar), Ratzo Harris...
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- "why should the Brands be so 'proud', or so jealous, of a mere title ... a gewgaw, which has been bandied intermittently from family to family for six centuries...