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gimcrack

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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
  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. --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great
        value.
  
     Syn: trinket, gewgaw, knickknack, tchotchke.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] gimcrackery

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