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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy (56)
bawdrya1529

Finery.

bravery1563

concrete. Finery, fine clothes; = Scottish braws (braw, n.).

fangle1583

A fantastic, foppish, or silly contrivance; a piece of finery; foppery, fuss. Obs.

flaunt1590

Something used to make a show; showy dress, finery. Obsolete.

gaudery1597

Gaudy or showy decoration, ostentatious show; finery, fine clothes; also, a fine or gaudy thing, a piece of finery.

trumperya1616

‘Something of less value than it seems’; hence, ‘something of no value; trifles’ (Johnson)… Showy but unsubstantial apparel; worthless finery.

ginger-work1631

= gingerbread work n. at gingerbread, n. adj.compounds 3.

frippery1637

Finery in dress, esp. tawdry finery; an example of this, an article of fashionable attire. Also, transferred tawdry ornamentation in general.

finery1647

Expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration. Also as a count noun (in plural).

tawdrya1680

Cheap and pretentious finery.

tawdrum1680

A tawdry decoration.

tinsey1685

Tinsel (see tinsel, n.3 adj.).

flappet1728

A little flap (flap, n. 4b and 5); also in plural finery, fallals.

gingerbread work1748

(originally Nautical) the carved and gilded decorations of a ship; (later more generally) any architectural or other ornament of an elaborate…

tinsel1782

Very thin plates or sheets, spangles, strips, or threads, originally of gold or silver, later of copper, brass, or some gold- or silver-coloured…

fallalery1824

Tawdry finery, gaudy ornament; fripperies, knick-knacks (also in plural in same sense). Also: trifling, fooling around.

tinselry1830

Showy and tawdry material or ornamentation.

figgery1841

Dressy ornament.

flaring1881

concrete in plural. Gaudy or showy trimmings. rare.

Subcategories:

— goods (1)
— gewgaw or trinket (36)
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