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Word: gewgaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...told that the best way to ship it from London to the U. S. was by registered first class mail. Because it was uncut, Dealer Winston had not a cent of duty to pay when it arrived last week. Total cost to Dealer Winston for getting his huge gewgaw across the Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: 64¢ Trip | 6/17/1935 | See Source »

College Sinners (by Terence Rattigan and Philip Heimann; produced by Lee and J. J. Shubert). This inconsequential, mildly entertaining gewgaw was called First Episode when it was produced in London. Importing it along with two or three players, the Brothers Shubert apparently decided that the title should name the ingredients. The "college" is Oxford; the sin is carnal, boyish and fumbled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 1, 1934 | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

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