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"gimcrack" Definition

  1. a bijou, a slim piece of mechanism. Old slang for “a spruce wench.”—_New Bailey._ Any things which are gaudy and easily breakable, are known now as GIMCRACKS.

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Position in the dictionary: 1439 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: gin-spinner, ginger, ginger hackled, gingerly, gingham, gingumbob, give, give in, give it mouth, gladstone
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