trangam
trangam noun: a showy or worthless article.
Noun
trangam (plural trangams)
- A showy or worthless article.
- Hey day! vvhat's here? vvhat a Devil's the meaning of all theſe Trangams and Gimcracks, Gentlemen?1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of Some Quarrels that Happen’d after Peg was Taken into the Family”, in John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a...
- And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]1820, [Walter Scott], The Abbot. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and...
- Synonyms:
- bauble, novelty, bric-a-brac, fandangle, fangle, fizgig, folderol, gewgaw, kickshaw, knick-knack
Synonyms of trangam
Forms of trangam
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Questions about trangam
- What does trangam mean?
- Trangam means a showy or worthless article.
- What part of speech is trangam?
- Trangam is a noun.
- What is the plural of trangam?
- The plural of trangam is trangams.
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