noun
- a showy but worthless ornament or trinket
Usage: often disparaging
Examples
- The tourist shop was filled with cheap gewgaws and souvenirs.
- She dismissed the expensive jewelry as mere gewgaws.
- The antique store displayed colorful gewgaws in the front window.
- He spent his allowance on gewgaws at the carnival.
- The decorator warned against cluttering the room with gewgaws.
- Children are often attracted to shiny gewgaws and toys.