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gewgaw

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gew⋅gaw

  [gyoo-gaw, goo-]
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–noun
something gaudy and useless; trinket; bauble.
Also, geegaw.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME giuegaue; gradational compound of uncert. orig.; perh. akin to MF, F gogo (see À gogo )

Related forms:
gewgawed, adjective
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gew·gaw   (gyōō'gô', gōō'-)   
n.  A decorative trinket; a bauble.

[Middle English giuegaue.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
geegaw [ˈgigɔ] and [ˈgugɔ]

and gewgaw; googaw
  1. n.
    a gadget; a bauble. : What do you do with these gewgaws? Hang them on a tree?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

gewgaw 
c.1225, possibly a reduplication connected with O.Fr. gogue "joke, game," or jou-jou "toy," baby-talk word, from jouer "to play," from L. jocare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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