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gauds

gauds is the plural of gaud.

Meaning of gaud

Noun

gaud (plural gauds)

  1. A cheap showy trinket
    • an idle gaudc. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
  2. (obsolete) trick; jest; sport
  3. (obsolete) deceit; fraud; artifice

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Questions about gauds

What is gauds the plural of?
Gauds is the plural of gaud.

Words near gauds in the dictionary

  1. Gaudreault
  2. Gaudreaults
  3. Gaudreaus
  4. gaudryceratid
  5. gaudryceratids
  6. gauds
  7. gaudy
  8. gaue
  9. Gauer
  10. Gauers
  11. gaufer

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