Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gimcrack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gimcrack \Gim"crack`\, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender,
also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster.]
A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
--Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gimcrack
adj : tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy},
{loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
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