Definition of "gewgaw" [gew•gaw]

• A decorative trinket; a bauble. (noun)

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• "For profit -- his life blood transmuted into a wine-supper, or a jewelled gewgaw, or some similar sense-orgy of the parasitic and idle rich, his masters, the arch-beasts. '"
• "Yet, if they won, they would be buying both the gewgaw and a print-out of the story."
• "I had no problems w/the scent/aroma of da Quarter (aside from Bourbon St. which I generally avoid when in town - tho 'Yesteryear's always has some gewgaw I must possess)."