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trumpery


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trumpery  \Trump"er*y\,  n.  [F.  tromperie  deceit,  fr  tromper  to 
  deceive.  See  {Trump}  to  trick.] 
  1.  Deceit;  fraud.  [Obs.]  --Grenewey. 
 
  2.  Something  serving  to  deceive  by  false  show  or  pretense; 
  falsehood;  deceit;  worthless  but  showy  matter;  hence 
  things  worn  out  and  of  no  value;  rubbish. 
 
  The  trumpery  in  my  house,  go  bring  it  hither,  for 
  state  to  catch  these  thieves.  --Shak. 
 
  Upon  the  coming  of  Christ,  very  much  though  not 
  all  of  this  idolatrous  trumpery  and  superstition 
  was  driven  out  of  the  world.  --South. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trumpery  \Trump"er*y\,  a. 
  Worthless  or  deceptive  in  character.  ``A  trumpery  little 
  ring.''  --Thackeray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trumpery 
  adj  :  gaudy  and  showy  but  valueless;  "trumpery  ornaments"  [syn:  {tinsel}] 
  n  1:  nonsensical  talk  or  writing  [syn:  {folderol},  {rubbish},  {tripe}, 
  {trash},  {wish-wash},  {applesauce}] 
  2:  ornamental  objects  of  no  great  value  [syn:  {falderal},  {folderol}, 
  {frills},  {gimcrackery},  {gimcracks},  {nonsense}] 




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