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gimcrack
gimcrack, n. and a. (ˈdʒɪmkræk) Forms: α. 4 gybe-, gibecrake, 7 jibcrack. β. 7 gimcracke, gincracke, 8 jem-, jimcrack, 9 dial. gimcrank, 7– gimcrack. [The 14th c. form gibecrake is perh. connected with OF. giber to shake (see jib v.); the primary sense may have been ‘a slight or flimsy ornament’. (F...
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Gimcrack
Gimcrack (1760 – after 1777) was an English thoroughbred racehorse. Lady Sarah Lennox wrote of Gimcrack in a letter dated to 12 July 1765:
Racing career
Despite his small stature, Gimcrack was widely successful, winning
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gimcrack
gimcrack/ˈdʒɪmkræk; `dʒɪmˌkræk/ adj[attrib 作定语]worthless; flimsy; badly made 无价值的; 不结实的; 粗制滥造的 gimcrack ornaments 劣质的饰物.
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Gimcrack Stakes (disambiguation)
The Gimcrack Stakes is a horse race run at York Racecourse in England. Wales, Australia
Gimcrack Stakes (PR), a Perth Racing horse race run at Ascot Racecourse in Western Australia, Australia
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Gimcrack & Bunkum
"Gimcrack & Bunkum" is Boardwalk at its best." References
External links
"Gimcrack & Bunkum" at HBO.com
"Gimcrack & Bunkum" review by Noel Murray (23 October 2011) for The A.V.
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Gimcrack Stakes (ATC)
History
Name
The event is named after Gimcrack, a successful English racehorse in the 18th century. Gimcrack won twenty-seven times in a career of thirty-six races.
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Gimcrack Stakes (PR)
History
The event is named after Gimcrack, a successful English racehorse in the 18th century. Gimcrack won twenty-seven times in a career of thirty-six races.
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gimcracky
gimcracky, a. (ˈdʒɪmkrækɪ) [f. gimcrack n. + -y3.] Of the nature of a gimcrack.1820 C. Edwards in Blackw. Mag. (1824) XVI. 661/1 How the gardens of the Thuilleries were commended to me!—with their..parterres..gaudy white statues, and water in basins thirty feet superficial—All so fine prepense, and ...
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gimcracking
† ˈgimcracking, vbl. n. Obs. [f. gimcrack n. + -ing1.] Dealing in gimcracks. Also attrib.1709 Brit. Apollo II. No. 22. 3/1, I..find now in spight of all Gimcracking Labors, Vert'oso's are Cuckolds as well as their Neighbors. Ibid. No. 56. 3/1 For tho' Gimcracking's my chief Labor, I'd fain be though...
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gimcrackery
gimcrackery (ˈdʒɪmkrækərɪ) [f. gimcrack n. + -ery.] Gimcracks collectively.1779 Franklin Let. Wks. 1889 VI. 422, I am glad the enemy have left something of my gimcrackery that is capable of affording you pleasure. You are therefore very welcome to the use of my electrical and pneumatic machines as l...
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Bel Bolide
He campaigned in Europe for three years, winning the Gimcrack Stakes in 1980. Racing career
European career
Bel Bolide raced in Britain as a two-year-old in 1980, winning three of his six races including the Group Two Gimcrack Stakes
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Medley (horse)
He was sired by Gimcrack, a grandson of the Godolphin Arabian; his dam, Arminda, was sired by Snap out of Miss Cleveland (by Regulus). Much like his sire, Gimcrack, Medley often passed his small height and gray coloring to his offspring, but still sired "the best racers of his day".
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