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gim·crack (jim′krak′)
adjective
showy but cheap and useless
Etymology: altered < ME gibbecrak, an ornament, prob. < gibben, to be erratic (< OFr giber) + crak, a bursting sound
noun
a cheap, showy, useless thing
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