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- noun Plural form of
gewgaw .
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Examples
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What women see in such gewgaws is a puzzler to me.
Hagar's Daughter: A Story of Southern Caste Prejudice Pauline Elizabeth 1902
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She carries many other items as well, intriguing tchatkas and gewgaws, a few clothes, house and garden items even.
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The Ladies' Market, where the fire broke out, runs along Fa Yuen Street and is popular among both locals and tourists looking for bargains in clothing, toys and gewgaws.
Hong Kong Fire Kills Nine Joanne Chiu 2011
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Why use this when Picasa offers a whole panoply of filters and gewgaws.
TiltShift Makes Your Photos Look Like Miniatures | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The multifaceted New York-based musician is renowned for his kaleidoscopic array of gewgaws and gadgets repurposed for performances by a one-man gonzo orchestra with occasional guests and audience participation.
A Mad Scientist of Musical Machinery Steve Dollar 2011
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The fear expressed by some – Donaldson among them – has been that visual gewgaws and interactive gimmicks will distract children from the written word.
Don't fear the Reader: how technology can benefit children's books 2011
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The Ladies' Market is popular with both locals and tourists looking for products such as clothing, toys and gewgaws.
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More promotional stuff for The Red Tree, and it's actually rather fun, putting these peculiar artifacts and metafictional gewgaws together.
Dawn of the Cycads sovay 2009
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An economy that is dependent on people buying things they don't need, ever new gewgaws and gadgets, with money they don't have, is not worth saving.
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This is, after all, a workie with access to a lot more ormolu gewgaws and Georgian plate than most and Granny and Grandpa can't leave everything to the corgis.
This week: George Osborne, Stanley McChrystal and Princess Eugenie 2010
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Gewgaws Vs. Gimcracks on Postcards from Yo Mamma:
"My dear as a matter of fact I have been a collector of gewgaws for all my life. I believe gew gaws is a northern word and gimcracks southern. Added to this I take umbrage with the connotation that they are gaudy. They are indeed beeuuteeful.
Love, Mom"
May 12, 2008