Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Something trumpery, unusual, or of no value; a gimcrack.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cant & Obs. Something intricately contrived; a contrived; a puzzle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Something
intricately contrived ; apuzzle .
Etymologies
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Old English trangrain a strange thing, trangame a toy. See tangram.
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Examples
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9 The word "trangram" or "tangram" ordinarily means a toy or gimcrack, or trumpery article.
The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706
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[9] The word “trangram” or “tangram” ordinarily means a toy or gimcrack, or trumpery article.
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"But go, thou trangram, and carry back those trangrams which thou hast stolen or purloined."
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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