A heavy gewgaw called a crown.
Source: wiktionary
Gewgaw
//ˈɡuɡɔ//
Synonyms for "gewgaw" (149 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
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Translations
16 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дрънкулка noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Czech
1 entries- cetka noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Finnish
2 entries- koriste noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- prenikka noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
French
1 entries- bibelot noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Georgian
4 entries- დეკორაცია noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- ზიზილ-პიპილები noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- სათამაშო noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- სამშვენისი noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Polish
1 entries- świecidełko noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Portuguese
1 entries- badulaque noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Russian
4 entries- безделица noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- безделу́шка noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- мишура noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
- побрякушка noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Swedish
1 entries- lullull noun (a showy trifle, a toy)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
It was a Saxon ornament. […] Some Puritan, before his departure, may have thought himself doing God service by filching the old golden gewgaw.
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“I am not of the neighbourhood,” said Mallow, calmly, “but the matter is irrelevant. I have had the honour to send you a little gift yesterday ——” [¶] The tech-man’s nose lifted. “I received it. An interesting gewgaw. I may have use for it on occasion.” [¶] I have other and more interesting gifts. Quite out of the gewgaw stage.”
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You or I may well view our desire to push buttons and order new electronic gewgaws as the mere reflex spasms of consumerism, but to this dynamic duo the future of the earth depends on our instant gratification more than anything else.
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