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Steamboat Gothic

or steamboat gothic

noun

  1. a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Steamboat Gothic1

First recorded in 1940–45

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Example Sentences

Though outwardly the Secretary General's mansion was hyper-gingerbread steamboat Gothic, inwardly it was entirely modern in plan.

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