TRUMPERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trumpery mean? 

• TRUMPERY (noun)
  The noun TRUMPERY has 2 senses:

1. nonsensical talk or writing

2. ornamental objects of no great value

  Familiarity information: TRUMPERY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUMPERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nonsensical talk or writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

applesauce; codswallop; folderol; rubbish; trash; tripe; trumpery; wish-wash

Hypernyms ("trumpery" is a kind of...):

drivel; garbage (a worthless message)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ornamental objects of no great value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

falderol; folderal; frill; gimcrack; gimcrackery; nonsense; trumpery

Hypernyms ("trumpery" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

 Context examples 

I’ve a bill against her for nearly a hundred pounds, and nothing to show for it but a couple of trumpery pendants that the dealer would hardly look at.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)