Gimcracky

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Gimcrack.

    "He seems spooney on Queenie's grown-up daughter, who is as pretty as any china of Dresden or Sevres, but too delicate and gimcracky for my taste."

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beggarlybeneath contemptbreakablebrittlecheapcheesy

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"He seems spooney on Queenie's grown-up daughter, who is as pretty as any china of Dresden or Sevres, but too delicate and gimcracky for my taste."

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