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Definition of Gewgaws

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 Gewgaws from wikipedia

- Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants...
- newspaper hitherto seen in the history of journalism. But by confusing gewgaws with pearls, by selecting the paltry at the expense of the significant...
- he had bins on his shelves containing odds and ends, which he labeled "Gewgaws", "Gimcracks", "Gadgets", and "Gizmos". Gyro made his first animated appearance...
- Allison Wonderland Anthology (1994) Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996) Gimcracks and Gewgaws (1997)...
- Christmas ornament - British English trinket knickknack or Bric-à-brac frippery gewgaw tchotchke small jewelry This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
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- Green (tenor sax), Robin Aspland (Wurlitzer piano) 1997 Gimcracks and Gewgaws Blue Note With Mark Shim (tenor sax), Russell Malone (guitar), Ratzo Harris...
- 2010 on ANTI-. It was his first studio album since 1997's Gimcracks and Gewgaws. He decided to record the album after producer Joe Henry approached him...
- the droopy-lidded maniac in the flesh, Tobin Bell is, for all the film's gewgaws, Saw II's s****iest horror, a Terence Stamp look-alike who calls to mind...
- đàn môi (Vietnam), doromb (Hungary), drumla (Poland), drymba (Ukraine), gewgaw, guimbard (France), guimbarda (Catalan), gogona (****am), karinding (Sudanese)...