Gimcrack
['dʒɪmkræk] or ['dʒɪm'kræk]
Definition
(n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.
Typed by Camilla
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Trifle, toy, knicknack, JIGGUMBOB, knack, trivial piece of mechanism.
Edited by Claudette
Definition
n. a toy: a gewgaw: a trivial mechanism—also Jim′crack.—n. Gim′crackery.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- Let me know if you are in possession of my gimcrack instruments, and if you have made any new experiments. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Any little absurd gewgaw or gimcrack they had they disposed in such a way as to make it attract attention most readily. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Just beneath it stood the photograph of Lily Bart, looking out imperially on the cheap gimcracks, the cramped furniture of the little room. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The great altar of the cathedral and also three or four minor ones are a perfect mass of gilt gimcracks and gingerbread. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her husband bade her buy laces, millinery, jewels, and gimcracks of all sorts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Alta