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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gimcrack \Gim"crack`\, n. [OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also a spruce girl, prob. fr gim + crack lad, boaster.] A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing --Arbuthnot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gimcrack adj : tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
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