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Definition of Geegaw
1. gewgaw [n -S] - See also: gewgaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geegaw
Literary usage of Geegaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tragedy of Quebec: The Expulsion of Its Protestant Farmers by Robert Sellar (1907)
"The punishments for breaking the rules laid down by the clergy were generally
puerile, sometimes cruel. The girl who added a geegaw to her attire, ..."
2. The War in the Far East, 1904-1905 by Charles à Court Repington (1905)
"... and had the particular merit that it was always of the most flattering character.
The mirror was held up, but not to nature. Did Stossel want a geegaw ? ..."
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