gimcracks

[US]/'dʒɪmkræk/
[UK]/'dʒɪm'kræk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. prangende, men værdiløs; billig

n. en støtte; en prangende, men værdiløs genstand

Example Sentences

And all of a sudden, that gimcrack knocks my window and decidedly came to pick me up without even telling me.

Og pludselig bankede det der skrammel på mit vindue og kom bestemt for at hente mig uden at fortælle mig det.

The gimcrack, slipshod, ecologically disastrous building developments in Northern Cyprus may last just 10 years, all things being well.

De hurtige, sjuskede og miljømæssigt katastrofale byggeprojekter i Nordcypern kan kun vare 10 år, hvis alt går godt.

"Ligeia", which Poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack Gothicism.

Ligeia, som Poe mente var hans bedste groteske historie, er nu, for de fleste læsere, en sammensmurt blanding af morbid selvmedlidenhed, djævelskab og kitschagtig gotik.

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