[GOO-gaw']
1. a showy trifle; cheap showy jewelry; a bauble: "Carolyn's house is filled with gewgaws that she has gleaned from garage sales."
Origin:
Approximately 1225; from Old English 'gigawe,' 'gugawe,' 'gewgaude,' and possibly a reduplicated form of Anglo Saxon 'gifan': to give; also related to French 'joujou': plaything.
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