10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GIMCRACKERY»
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gimcrackery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gimcrackery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cheap, Quick, & Easy: Imitative Architectural Materials, ...
Chapter 7 Substitute Gimcrackery: Aesthetic Debates and Social Implications [A
tasteless] new middle class society . . . accepted substitute gimcrackery for
traditional materials and ideas. — Ada Louise Huxtable, i960 As the previous
chapter ...
Pamela Hemenway Simpson, 1999
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The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-side
GIMCRACKERY. The invention of new instruments and machines is among the
noblest exertions of the human faculties. It is said to be considered by some
philosophers as the most striking distinguishing character between our species
and ...
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A Hazard of New Fortunes
when you come to that," said March, " I don't know that Mrs. Green's gimcrackery
expresses ours." " Well, Basil, I didn't take the gimcrackery. That was your- The
rustle of skirts on the stairs without arrested Mrs. March in the well-merited ...
William Dean Howells, 1889
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A Hazard of New Fortunes:
That was your—" The rustle of skirts on the stairs without arrested Mrs. March in
the well-merited punishment which she never failed to inflict upon her husband
when the question of the gimcrackery—they always called it that—came up.
William Dean Howells, 2014
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Complete William Dean Howells Works
Green's gimcrackery expresses ours." "Well, Basil, Ididn't takethe gimcrackery.
That was your—" The rustle of skirts on the stairs without arrested Mrs. March in
the wellmerited punishment which she neverfailed to inflict upon her husband ...
William Dean Howells, 2014
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Gimcrackery. '46 Ginger. 4. (venery).—The female pudendum. [A play on sense 2
, and crack,(q.v.).]For synonym, see Monosyllable. Adj. (colloquial). — Trivial ;
showy ; worthless. 1855. Thackeray, Newcomes, ch. ix.No shopsso beautiful to ...
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The Adlard Coles Book of Mediterranean Cruising
those. inescapables. like. spare. parts,. antifouling,. running. rigging. and. that.
must-have. new. piece. of. electronic. gimcrackery. THE. DESIRE. TO. GO.
Human beings are endlessly ingenious at dreaming up reasons for choices that
were ...
It stood on a purple worsted mat on a little bamboo table between the Nottingham
lace curtains in one of Aunt Pickthorne's drawing-room windows, and looked like
some piece of childish gimcrackery bought at a bazaar, where, I '11 wager, she ...
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The nest: The white pagoda, The suicide, A forsaken temple, ...
It stood on a purple worsted mat on a little bamboo table between the Nottingham
lace curtains in one of Aunt Pickthorne's drawing-room windows, and looked like
some piece of childish gimcrackery bought at a bazaar, where, I'll wager, she ...
Anne Douglas Sedgwick, 1913
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
It stood on a purple worsted mat on a little bamboo table between the Nottingham
lace curtains in one of Aunt Pickthorne's drawing-room windows, and looked like
some piece of childish gimcrackery bought at a bazaar, where, I '11 wager, she ...
Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, 1912
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GIMCRACKERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
gimcrackery is used in the context of the following news items.
ROB WOUTAT | Can't improve on kitchen perfection
It has no superfluous gimcrackery. It doesn't promise that my eggs would be cooked better, that or that they will give me more protein to add more sheen to my ... «Kitsap Sun, May 15»
The Salt Room, restaurant review: Provenance and ambition ... this …
There, among the many pedlars of weapons-grade gimcrackery, you'll find The Coal Shed, one of the newer stars of the Brighton restaurant ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
Because not every car-free surfer lives within a bike ride of the …
When you can't get a fix of surf every day, you become obsessed by all the trinkets, all the gimcrackery that surrounds the game. Deep down ... «Red Bull, Apr 15»
MALETTE: Grand olde dame gets her due
... preserved – structures that were hidden for more than a century behind plaster and lathe and gimcrackery renovations through the decades. «Belleville Intelligencer, Mar 15»
A command line future: Part 1
... or an insulting bit of audiovisual gimcrackery dreamed up by flaky Bay Area hacker types that stripped computers of their power and flexibility ... «Windows IT Pro, Mar 15»
Ad Council Campaign to Eradicate Distinctions Between Types of …
It was a non-wedding festooned with all the indulgent gimcrackery of Satan's most alluring playground: Hollywood. This new ad is a pernicious ... «Crossmap, Mar 15»
My Wild Oscar-Party Night With Courtney Love and Jessica Lange
... in the shock that even those cameras seemed to be registering at such attire, the tacky gimcrackery of their tiaras exposed by the paparazzi. «Vulture, Feb 15»
Another day, another departure at Newsnight
... to interrupt the guests whenever they are on the cusp of saying anything vaguely interesting and the usual journey into techno-gimcrackery. «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 15»
Pinky's Corner: Stockton College seen as a boon to region, in 1971 …
He was viewed as a crackpot and his suggestion as gimcrackery. The editor obviously was a man ahead of his time. In the late 1960s, the ... «Press of Atlantic City, Nov 14»
One Night At Susie's (Warner Archive Collection)
... and Fairbanks, Jr. 's nice performances--aren't nearly enough to paper over the basic gimcrackery of One Night at Susie's' central set-ups. «DVD Talk, Nov 14»
