gewgaw
Collocations
3ADJ.
golden, heavy, new, old
VERB + GEWGAW
play, seeing
GEWGAW + NOUN
castle, crown, world
Definitions
noun
A showy trifle, a toy; a showy trinket, ornament or decoration.
A heavy gewgaw called a crown.
It was a Saxon ornament. […] Some Puritan, before his departure, may have thought himself doing God service by filching the old golden gewgaw.
adj
Showy; unreal; pretentious.
The rattle of a globe to play withal, This gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;
Seeing his gewgaw castle shine, New as his title, built last year.
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5A heavy gewgaw called a crown.
WiktionaryIt was a Saxon ornament. […] Some Puritan, before his departure, may have thought himself doing God service by filching the old golden gewgaw.
Wiktionary“I am not of the neighbourhood,” said Mallow, calmly, “but the matter is irrelevant. I have had the honour to send you a little gift yesterday ——” [¶] The tech-man’s nose lifted. “I received it. An in
WiktionaryThe rattle of a globe to play withal, This gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;
WiktionarySeeing his gewgaw castle shine, New as his title, built last year.
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