different between jimcrack vs gimcrack
jimcrack
English
Adjective
jimcrack (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of gimcrack
Noun
jimcrack (plural jimcracks)
- Alternative spelling of gimcrack
jimcrack From the web:
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gimcrack
English
Alternative forms
- jimcrack
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???mk?æk/
Adjective
gimcrack (not comparable)
- Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
Noun
gimcrack (plural gimcracks)
- Something showy but worthless; a gimmick or bauble.
- 1847–1848, William Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
- […] he came home to find […] honest Swartz in her favourite amber-coloured satin, with turquoise bracelets, countless rings, flowers, feathers, and all sorts of tags and gimcracks, about as elegantly decorated as a she chimney-sweep on May-day.
- 1847–1848, William Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
Derived terms
- gimcrackery
Verb
gimcrack (third-person singular simple present gimcracks, present participle gimcracking, simple past and past participle gimcracked)
- (transitive) To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge.
- (transitive) To embellish with gimcracks.
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