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gimcrack definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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