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1. n. A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble. Source: opted
2. a. Showy; unreal; pretentious. Source: opted
3. n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing Source: wordnet
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. Source: webster
5. A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty butworthless bauble.A heavy gewgaw called a crown. Dryden. Source: adambom
6. n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing Source: ecdict

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showy bauble plaything pretty splendid toy trifle called cheap clothing crown dryden heavy jewelry ornament pretentious unreal worthless castle his seeing shine tennyson

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