gimcrackn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪmkrak/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪmˌkræk/

Forms: α. Middle English gybecrake, gibecrake, 1600s jibcrack. β. 1600s gimcracke, gincracke, 1700s jemcrack, jimcrack, 1800s dialect gimcrank, 1600s– gimcrack.

Etymology: The 14th cent. form gibecrake is perhaps connected with Old French giber to shake (see jib v.²); the primary sense may have been ‘a slight or flimsy ornament’. (For the change to the nasalized forms, compare modern French regimber = Old French regibber to kick.) The second element may be connected in some way with crack n. or crack v. Sense A. 3 is perhaps in part due to association of the word with gim adj. and crack n. 11, 14

A. n.

†1. Apparently applied to some kind of inlaid work in wood. Obsolete.

1360 Acc. William de Rothewelle in Pipe Roll No. 204 m. 42 d Et Eustachio de Glastonia..in precio j tabule cum j piler et Gibecrake bordura cum minutis peciis diversi coloris..j ta ula de quercu j piler et Gybecrake de Buxo, xvjs. viijd.

†a. A fanciful notion; also, a ‘dodge’, underhand design. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception

wrenchc888

swikec893

braida1000

craftOE

wile1154

crookc1175

trokingc1175

guile?c1225

hocket1276

blink1303

errorc1320

guileryc1330

sleightc1340

knackc1369

deceitc1380

japec1380

gaudc1386

syllogism1387

mazec1390

mowa1393

train?a1400

trantc1400

abusionc1405

creekc1405

trickc1412

trayc1430

lirtc1440

quaint?a1450

touch1481

pawka1522

false point?1528

practice1533

crink1534

flim-flamc1538

bobc1540

fetcha1547

abuse1551

block1553

wrinklec1555

far-fetch?a1562

blirre1570

slampant1577

ruse1581

forgery1582

crank1588

plait1589

crossbite1591

cozenage1592

lock1598

quiblin1605

foist1607

junt1608

firk1611

overreach?1615

fob1622

ludification1623

knick-knacka1625

flam1632

dodge1638

gimcrack1639

fourbe1654

juggle1664

strategy1672

jilt1683

disingenuity1691

fun1699

jugglementa1708

spring1753

shavie1767

rig?1775

deception1794

Yorkshire bite1795

fakement1811

fake1829

practical1833

deceptivity1843

tread-behind1844

fly1861

schlenter1864

Sinonism1864

racket1869

have1885

ficelle1890

wheeze1903

fast one1912

roughie1914

spun-yarn trick1916

fastie1931

phoney baloney1933

fake-out1955

okey-doke1964

mind-fuck1971

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim

fantasya1450

wantonness1531

humour1533

worm?a1534

will1542

toy?1545

whey-worm1548

wild worm1548

freak1563

crotchet1573

fancy1579

whim-wham1580

whirligig1589

caper1592

megrim1593

spleen1594

kicksey-winsey1599

fegary1600

humorousness1604

curiosity1605

conundrum1607

whimsy1607

windmill1612

buzza1616

capriccioa1616

quirka1616

flama1625

maggota1625

fantasticality1631

capruch1634

gimcrack1639

whimseycado1654

caprich1656

excursion1662

frisk1665

caprice1673

fita1680

grub1681

fantasque1697

whim1697

frolic1711

flight1717

whigmaleery1730

vagary1753

maddock1787

kink1803

fizgig1824

fad1834

whimmery1837

fantod1839

brain crack1853

whimsy-whamsy1871

tic1896

tick1900

1639 J. Shirley Ball iv. sig. H3 Luc. There remaines to take away one scruple. Co. Another gintracke. Luc. I have none, tis your doubt sir.

1640 J. Shirley Coronation ii. sig. D2 Such spectacles Are rare ith' Court, and they were to skirmish naked Before her, then there might be some excuse. There is some gimcrackes in't, the Queene is wise Above her yeares.

b. A mechanical contrivance; also plural scientific apparatus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun]

supellexa1697

gimcrack1709

apparatus1728

sublimator1875

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun]

trama1400

ginc1400

pageant1519

engine1581

machination1605

machina1612

machine1659

mechanism1665

contrivance1667

gimcrack1772

plant1925

power1942

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋5 My Eye was diverted by Ten Thousand Gimcracks round the Room.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 24 What a Devil's the meaning of all these Trangams and Gimcracks [surveying instruments] Gentlemen?

1772 T. Mudge Let. 2 June in Descr. Timekeeper (1799) 23 I am prosecuting my gimcrack with all the vigour I am able, and hope I shall have an opportunity of shewing it to you going (but I fear without the balance spring).

1887 A. Gray Lett. (1893) 796 Weisner's physiological laboratory I had an hour or two in, and saw all his gimcracks.

c. Now usually applied to a showy, unsubstantial thing; esp. to a useless ornament, a trumpery article, a knick-knack.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial

gewgaw?c1225

frivolc1450

whim-whama1529

jim-jamc1540

trickc1550

flamfew1574

ribaldry1594

bubble1598

kickshawa1616

fairy money1616

foolation1628

fingle-fanglea1652

trangama1658

tinsel1660

gingerbread1664

finnimbrun1676

gimcrack1676

knacka1677

tawdrum1680

knick-knack1682

trantlum1768

knick-knacket1793

folderol1820

jigamaree1824

novelty1840

fool's gold1870

flapdoodle1877

fal-lal1902

1676 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 5) i. xxi. 263 Ribbins, and Looking-glasses, and Nut-crackers, and Fiddles, and Hobbyhorses, and many other gim-cracks..and all the other finnimbruns that make a compleat Country Fair.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxiii. 191 Lord Orville..changed the subject to Cox's Museum, and asked what he thought of it? ‘Think!’—said he, ‘why I think as how it i'n't worth thinking about. I like no such jem cracks.’

1820 Ld. Dudley Let. 3 Apr. (1840) 243 This gimcrack [the Brighton Pavilion] is the only monument of the greatest sovereign in Europe.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. iii She praised the lovely breloques or gimcracks which the young gentleman wore at his watch-chain.

1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy II. iv. 47 Get me good things: no gimcracks.

attributive.1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ix. 86 No shops so beautiful to look at as the Brighton gimcrack shops.

†3. An affected showy person, a fop; in later use applied to women. (A term of contempt.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy

popa1500

miniona1513

prick-me-daintya1529

puppy?1544

velvet-coat1549

skipjack1554

coxcomb1567

musk cat?1567

physbuttocke1570

Adonis?1571

Adon1590

foretop1597

musk-cod1600

pretty fellow1600

sparkc1600

spangle-baby1602

flash1605

barber-monger1608

cocoloch1610

dapperling1611

fantastica1613

feather-cock1612

trig1612

jack-a-dandy?1617

gimcrack1623

satinist1639

powder puffa1653

fop1676

prig1676

foplinga1681

cockcomb1684

beau garçona1687

shape1688

duke1699

nab1699

smirk1699

beau1700

petty master1706

moppet1707

Tom Astoner1707

dapper1709

petit maître1711

buck1725

toupee1727

toupet1728

toupet-man1748

jemmy1753

jessamy1753

macaroni1764

majoc1770

monkeyrony1773

dandyc1780

elegant1780

muscadin1794

incroyable1797

beauty man1800

bang-up1811

natty1818

ruffian1818

exquisite1819

heavy swell1819

marvellous1819

bit of stuff1828

merveilleux1830

fat1832

squirt1844

dandyling1846

ineffable1859

guinea pig1860

Dundreary swell1862

masher1872

dude1877

mash1879

dudette1883

dand1886

heavy gunner1890

posh1890

nut1904

smoothie1929

fancy-pants1930

saga boy1941

fancy Dan1943

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > female

nicebeceturc1520

gallant?1550

nicebice1595

puppet1595

coxcomba1640

gimcrack1706

majac1770

moppet1782

petite maîtresse1790

dandizette1821

dudess1883

1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iv. iii. 168 He's come. What iimmecracke haue we next?

a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fff/1 Enter 2. Servant..Th. These are fine gim-cracks: hey here comes another, A Flaggon full of wine in's hand, I take it.

a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp/1 But to be made a whim-wham, A Jib-crack, and a Gentleman o' th first house For all my kindnesse to her.

1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iii. iii. sig. E3^v Lady, I pitie you..this [fellow] is a Gincracke, That can get nothing but new fashions on you.

1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table ii. i. 23 I don't think any Woman I haue seen since I came ashoar worth Fighting for. The Philosophical Gimcrack I don't value of a Cockle Shell.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gimcrack or jimcrack, a spruce wench.

4. (See quots. 1785, 1854.) Now only dialect.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman

factotum1562

Magister factotum1573

Johannes factotum1592

Jack of all trades1618

Tom of all trades1631

John-of-all-trades1639

handyman1742

odd man1743

gimcrack1766

Jack of all work1773

orraman1802

bottle washer1835

Jack1836

odd-jobs man1859

roustabout1862

hob-jobber1873

rouster1882

odd-jobber1886

knockabout1889

orra-loon1895

rouser1896

trouncer1896

leatherneck1898

loppy1898

rouseabout1901

bluetongue2002

1766 B. Franklin Let. 6 Apr. in Wks. (1887) III. 458 There is also a gimcrack corkscrew, which you must get some brother gimcrack to show you the use of.

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) A gimcrack also means a person who has a turn for mechanical contrivances.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 272 Gimcrack, or Gimcrank, an universal mechanic, a Jack of all trades. ‘He's quite a gimcrank, he can turn his hand to anything.’

B. adj.

Trivial, worthless; showy but unsubstantial; trumpery.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial

frivol1492

fustian1523

triflinga1538

tirlery1546

trumpery1576

mockado1577

skipjack1597

flashy1598

trifle1607

fripperya1625

bagatelle1637

fingle-fangled1651

tawdry1696

sauntering1726

gimcrack1751

folderol1820

tin1886

shicec1890

cotton candy1951

candyfloss1957

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 3 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1651 Your reading should be chiefly historical, I do not mean of remote, dark, and fabulous history, still less of gimcrack natural history of fossils, plants, etc.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 20 You are now, (thanks to Mr. Whitbread,) got into a large, comfortable house. Not into a gimcrack palace..but into a plain, honest, homely, industrious, wholesome, brown, brick playhouse.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. ii. v. 187 This gimcrack-tenement would be crushed in before the brawny hand of a thief.

1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury II. xii. 158 Some new gimcrack invention, that was to give ten times the light of ordinary oil.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 340 The cheap church is generally a gimcrack affair.

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. A veritable battle of Armageddon seems to be impending in Zululand, and the gimcrack arrangement set up..seems already to have collapsed utterly.

1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. iv. 70 Soberly clothed, with nothing more jimcrack in the way of finery upon him than a row of brass waistcoat-buttons.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gimcrack
释义	gimcrackn.adj. Brit. /ˈdʒɪmkrak/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪmˌkræk/ Forms: α. Middle English gybecrake, gibecrake, 1600s jibcrack. β. 1600s gimcracke, gincracke, 1700s jemcrack, jimcrack, 1800s dialect gimcrank, 1600s– gimcrack. Etymology: The 14th cent. form gibecrake is perhaps connected with Old French giber to shake (see jib v.²); the primary sense may have been ‘a slight or flimsy ornament’. (For the change to the nasalized forms, compare modern French regimber = Old French regibber to kick.) The second element may be connected in some way with crack n. or crack v. Sense A. 3 is perhaps in part due to association of the word with gim adj. and crack n. 11, 14 A. n. †1. Apparently applied to some kind of inlaid work in wood. Obsolete. Π 1360 Acc. William de Rothewelle in Pipe Roll No. 204 m. 42 d Et Eustachio de Glastonia..in precio j tabule cum j piler et Gibecrake bordura cum minutis peciis diversi coloris..j ta ula de quercu j piler et Gybecrake de Buxo, xvjs. viijd. 2. †a. A fanciful notion; also, a ‘dodge’, underhand design. Obsolete. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim fantasya1450 wantonness1531 humour1533 worm?a1534 will1542 toy?1545 whey-worm1548 wild worm1548 freak1563 crotchet1573 fancy1579 whim-wham1580 whirligig1589 caper1592 megrim1593 spleen1594 kicksey-winsey1599 fegary1600 humorousness1604 curiosity1605 conundrum1607 whimsy1607 windmill1612 buzza1616 capriccioa1616 quirka1616 flama1625 maggota1625 fantasticality1631 capruch1634 gimcrack1639 whimseycado1654 caprich1656 excursion1662 frisk1665 caprice1673 fita1680 grub1681 fantasque1697 whim1697 frolic1711 flight1717 whigmaleery1730 vagary1753 maddock1787 kink1803 fizgig1824 fad1834 whimmery1837 fantod1839 brain crack1853 whimsy-whamsy1871 tic1896 tick1900 1639 J. Shirley Ball iv. sig. H3 Luc. There remaines to take away one scruple. Co. Another gintracke. Luc. I have none, tis your doubt sir. 1640 J. Shirley Coronation ii. sig. D2 Such spectacles Are rare ith' Court, and they were to skirmish naked Before her, then there might be some excuse. There is some gimcrackes in't, the Queene is wise Above her yeares. b. A mechanical contrivance; also plural scientific apparatus. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > equipment or apparatus > [noun] supellexa1697 gimcrack1709 apparatus1728 sublimator1875 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] trama1400 ginc1400 pageant1519 engine1581 machination1605 machina1612 machine1659 mechanism1665 contrivance1667 gimcrack1772 plant1925 power1942 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋5 My Eye was diverted by Ten Thousand Gimcracks round the Room. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses vi. 24 What a Devil's the meaning of all these Trangams and Gimcracks [surveying instruments] Gentlemen? 1772 T. Mudge Let. 2 June in Descr. Timekeeper (1799) 23 I am prosecuting my gimcrack with all the vigour I am able, and hope I shall have an opportunity of shewing it to you going (but I fear without the balance spring). 1887 A. Gray Lett. (1893) 796 Weisner's physiological laboratory I had an hour or two in, and saw all his gimcracks. c. Now usually applied to a showy, unsubstantial thing; esp. to a useless ornament, a trumpery article, a knick-knack. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial gewgaw?c1225 frivolc1450 whim-whama1529 jim-jamc1540 trickc1550 flamfew1574 ribaldry1594 bubble1598 kickshawa1616 fairy money1616 foolation1628 fingle-fanglea1652 trangama1658 tinsel1660 gingerbread1664 finnimbrun1676 gimcrack1676 knacka1677 tawdrum1680 knick-knack1682 trantlum1768 knick-knacket1793 folderol1820 jigamaree1824 novelty1840 fool's gold1870 flapdoodle1877 fal-lal1902 1676 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 5) i. xxi. 263 Ribbins, and Looking-glasses, and Nut-crackers, and Fiddles, and Hobbyhorses, and many other gim-cracks..and all the other finnimbruns that make a compleat Country Fair. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. xxiii. 191 Lord Orville..changed the subject to Cox's Museum, and asked what he thought of it? ‘Think!’—said he, ‘why I think as how it i'n't worth thinking about. I like no such jem cracks.’ 1820 Ld. Dudley Let. 3 Apr. (1840) 243 This gimcrack [the Brighton Pavilion] is the only monument of the greatest sovereign in Europe. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. iii She praised the lovely breloques or gimcracks which the young gentleman wore at his watch-chain. 1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy II. iv. 47 Get me good things: no gimcracks. attributive.1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. ix. 86 No shops so beautiful to look at as the Brighton gimcrack shops. †3. An affected showy person, a fop; in later use applied to women. (A term of contempt.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy > female nicebeceturc1520 gallant?1550 nicebice1595 puppet1595 coxcomba1640 gimcrack1706 majac1770 moppet1782 petite maîtresse1790 dandizette1821 dudess1883 1623 P. Massinger Duke of Millaine iv. iii. 168 He's come. What iimmecracke haue we next? a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fff/1 Enter 2. Servant..Th. These are fine gim-cracks: hey here comes another, A Flaggon full of wine in's hand, I take it. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ppppp/1 But to be made a whim-wham, A Jib-crack, and a Gentleman o' th first house For all my kindnesse to her. 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother iii. iii. sig. E3^v Lady, I pitie you..this [fellow] is a Gincracke, That can get nothing but new fashions on you. 1706 S. Centlivre Basset-table ii. i. 23 I don't think any Woman I haue seen since I came ashoar worth Fighting for. The Philosophical Gimcrack I don't value of a Cockle Shell. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gimcrack or jimcrack, a spruce wench. 4. (See quots. 1785, 1854.) Now only dialect. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman factotum1562 Magister factotum1573 Johannes factotum1592 Jack of all trades1618 Tom of all trades1631 John-of-all-trades1639 handyman1742 odd man1743 gimcrack1766 Jack of all work1773 orraman1802 bottle washer1835 Jack1836 odd-jobs man1859 roustabout1862 hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 odd-jobber1886 knockabout1889 orra-loon1895 rouser1896 trouncer1896 leatherneck1898 loppy1898 rouseabout1901 bluetongue2002 1766 B. Franklin Let. 6 Apr. in Wks. (1887) III. 458 There is also a gimcrack corkscrew, which you must get some brother gimcrack to show you the use of. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) A gimcrack also means a person who has a turn for mechanical contrivances. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 272 Gimcrack, or Gimcrank, an universal mechanic, a Jack of all trades. ‘He's quite a gimcrank, he can turn his hand to anything.’ B. adj. Trivial, worthless; showy but unsubstantial; trumpery. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial frivol1492 fustian1523 triflinga1538 tirlery1546 trumpery1576 mockado1577 skipjack1597 flashy1598 trifle1607 fripperya1625 bagatelle1637 fingle-fangled1651 tawdry1696 sauntering1726 gimcrack1751 folderol1820 tin1886 shicec1890 cotton candy1951 candyfloss1957 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 3 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1651 Your reading should be chiefly historical, I do not mean of remote, dark, and fabulous history, still less of gimcrack natural history of fossils, plants, etc. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 20 You are now, (thanks to Mr. Whitbread,) got into a large, comfortable house. Not into a gimcrack palace..but into a plain, honest, homely, industrious, wholesome, brown, brick playhouse. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. ii. v. 187 This gimcrack-tenement would be crushed in before the brawny hand of a thief. 1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury II. xii. 158 Some new gimcrack invention, that was to give ten times the light of ordinary oil. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 340 The cheap church is generally a gimcrack affair. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. A veritable battle of Armageddon seems to be impending in Zululand, and the gimcrack arrangement set up..seems already to have collapsed utterly. 1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. iv. 70 Soberly clothed, with nothing more jimcrack in the way of finery upon him than a row of brass waistcoat-buttons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1360
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