gewgaw \G(Y)OO-gaw\, noun:
A showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble.
Bidders paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for worthless
gewgaws--fake pearls, ashtrays, golf clubs--merely, one
supposes, because they were touched by the hand of this
celebrity of celebrities.
--Lawrence M. Friedman, [1]The Horizontal Society
At least, you're tempted until you discover that the price
of this gewgaw is $175.
--Walter Shapiro, "Earn exciting prizes from the
Republicans!" [2]USA Today, March 27, 2002
Walk into almost any department store, and there it is --
along with mounds of other gimmicky gadgets and garish
gewgaws that (no offense, Vanna) the world can live
without.
--James A. Russell, "What the World Needs Now... Is Not
Another Gimmicky Gadget or Worthless Doohickey," [3]St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, September 9, 1995 |
