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Definition of Gewgaws
1. gewgaw [n] - See also: gewgaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gewgaws
Literary usage of Gewgaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Pierre-Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (1812)
"... time and experience will con- " vince you, that France is not fitted for
these " gewgaws." I was obliged to content myself which are produced against ..."
2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"... and careless of ornament; but they seem to reckon on other people's sending
a great deal of money for gewgaws. We bought some of their wooden trumpery, ..."
3. The Letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu: With Some of the Letters of Her by Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, Matthew Montagu (1825)
"... these gewgaws and trinkets I shall never covet. If superfluity were my portion,
I hope I should rather make others happy than myself fine with it. ..."
4. Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1899)
"... I believe, plain and simple, and careless of ornament; but they seem to reckon
on other people's spending a great deal of money for gewgaws. ..."
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