Trumpery
['trʌmp(ə)rɪ] or ['trʌmpəri]
Definition
(n.) Deceit; fraud.
(n.) Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
(a.) Worthless or deceptive in character.
Typist: Lycurgus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Trash, rubbish, stuff, frippery, worthless finery.
Checker: Shari
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trash, tinsel, nonsense, tawdriness, trifles, rubbish
ANT:Treasure, valuables, sense, wisdom, truth
Inputed by Cherie
Examples
- In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer--the innocent sufferer, I positively assert. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He has already turned his state-room into a museum of worthless trumpery, which he has gathered up in his travels. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The organisation is a very trumpery affair, according to our ideas, I have no doubt. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But Rawdon flung open boxes and wardrobes, throwing the multifarious trumpery of their contents here and there, and at last he found the desk. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Get out wid ye, ye trumpery,--I won't have ye round! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I knew the warrior's secret now; I knew the hollow vanity of his rusty trumpery, and despised his asinine complacency. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- YOU slander the young lady; you with your affections and hearts and trumpery,' returned Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This yer religion is all a mess of lying trumpery, Tom. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Thoughtless and superficial people may say, Here is surely a very trumpery little incident related in an absurdly circumstantial manner. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It's the way to make any trumpery tempting, to ticket it at a high price in that way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Trumpery little scandals and quarrels in the town, some of them as much as a month old, appeared to recur to his memory readily. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Edited by Everett