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A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.

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  1. n. A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.
  2. a. Showy; unreal; pretentious.
  3. n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
  4. A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden. Showy; unreal; pretentious. Seeing his gewgaw castle shine. Tennyson.
  5. A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty butworthless bauble.A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden.
  6. n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing