Steamboat Gothic

or steamboat gothic


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

Origin of Steamboat Gothic

1
First recorded in 1940–45

Words Nearby Steamboat Gothic

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How to use Steamboat Gothic in a sentence

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

    The Ambassador | Samuel Kimball Merwin