gimcrack
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gim·crack
(jĭm'krăk') 
n.
A cheap and showy object of little or no use; a gewgaw.
adj.
Cheap and tasteless; gaudy: "The shelves groan with an array of gimcrack gifts from fans: a stuffed piranha fish ... a ceramic ... bull, a papier-mâché replica of an Apollo moonwalker" (Harry F. Waters).
n.
A cheap and showy object of little or no use; a gewgaw.
adj.
Cheap and tasteless; gaudy: "The shelves groan with an array of gimcrack gifts from fans: a stuffed piranha fish ... a ceramic ... bull, a papier-mâché replica of an Apollo moonwalker" (Harry F. Waters).
[Possibly alteration of Middle English gibecrake, small ornament.]
gimcrackery gim'crack'er·y n.Roget's Thesaurus:
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Gimcrack
Gimcrack (1760-?) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse stallion sired by Cripple, a son of the Godolphin Arabian, his dam Miss Elliot was by (Grisewood's) Partner.
A small grey horse at 14.2 hands, Gimcrack was nonetheless widely successful, winning 27 of his 36 races in a turf career spanning 7 seasons. Gimcrack won his last race in 1771, at age eleven, and he retired to the Grosvenor stud.
Gimcrack sired the handy grey horse, Grey Robin who defeated Pot-8-os.[1] His bloodline was more notable though in US horse racing than in Britain, via his son Medley.
Gimcrack is best known from the paintings by George Stubbs.
After death he was buried at Haughton Hall, Shifnal, Shropshire. A small brick and stone pillar marks his grave to the west of the boundary wall of the old kitchen garden.
The Gimcrack Club, in York was founded in 1766 in his honour, and the Gimcrack Stakes, also at York, are therefore also named after the horse.[1]
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Gimcrack
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - prangende men billig og usolid
n. - billigt stads, flitterstads, snurrepiberi
Nederlands (Dutch)
opzichtig maar waardeloos, prul
Français (French)
adj. - de pacotille, en toc
n. - babiole
Deutsch (German)
n. - Tand
adj. - protzig, wertlos
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπιχλιμπίδι, λιλί
adj. - ψεύτικος, για φιγούρα μόνο
Italiano (Italian)
cianfrusaglia
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bugiganga (f)
adj. - sem valor
Русский (Russian)
дешево разукрашенный, показной, дешевые украшения, подделка
Español (Spanish)
adj. - chuchería, baratija, cosa cursi
n. - chuchería, baratija, cosa cursi
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grannlåt
adj. - grannlåts-
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
廉价的, 华而不实的, 小玩意
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 廉價的, 華而不實的
n. - 小玩意
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 허울이 좋은
n. - 겉만 번지르르한 물건
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 安ぴか物
adj. - 安ぴかの
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حليه تافهه (صفه) تافه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - צעקני וחסר-ערך
n. - קישוט ראוותני וחסר-ערך
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