gimcrackeryn.

/ˈdʒɪmkrakəri/

Etymology: < gimcrack n. + -ery suffix.

1. Gimcracks collectively.

ΘΚΠ

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

gimcrackery1779

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1779 B. Franklin Let. 4 June in Wks. (1888) VI. 422 I am glad the enemy have left something of my gimcrackery that is capable of affording you pleasure. You are therefore very welcome to the use of my electrical and pneumatic machines as long as you think proper.

1812 T. Moore Horace, Odes i. xxxviii I hate all nick-nackeries, Fricassees, vol-au-vents, puffs and gim-crackeries.

1843 D. W. Jerrold Chron. Clovernook in Illuminated Mag. 1 251/1 The gimcrackery of woe that libels death.

1884 Times 14 June 7 Insist on having plain but handsome buildings without the Gimcrackery of modern architecture.

2. With punning alteration of form (after crockery).

ΚΠ

1862 W. M. Thackeray Notch on Axe in Roundabout Papers 1 In that little back parlour..there is..Worcester, Amstel, Nankin and other jimcrockery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	gimcrackery
释义	gimcrackeryn. /ˈdʒɪmkrakəri/ Etymology: < gimcrack n. + -ery suffix. 1. Gimcracks collectively. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial > collectively gimcrackery1779 borax1942 1779 B. Franklin Let. 4 June in Wks. (1888) VI. 422 I am glad the enemy have left something of my gimcrackery that is capable of affording you pleasure. You are therefore very welcome to the use of my electrical and pneumatic machines as long as you think proper. 1812 T. Moore Horace, Odes i. xxxviii I hate all nick-nackeries, Fricassees, vol-au-vents, puffs and gim-crackeries. 1843 D. W. Jerrold Chron. Clovernook in Illuminated Mag. 1 251/1 The gimcrackery of woe that libels death. 1884 Times 14 June 7 Insist on having plain but handsome buildings without the Gimcrackery of modern architecture. 2. With punning alteration of form (after crockery). ΚΠ 1862 W. M. Thackeray Notch on Axe in Roundabout Papers 1 In that little back parlour..there is..Worcester, Amstel, Nankin and other jimcrockery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1779
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