Trumpery

Definition

trumpery /'trʌmpǝri/ n, adj ( dated derog ) ေတာက္ေတာက္ေျပာင္ေျပာင္ အေပါစား။ trumpery ornaments.

Examples

1. ‘The 2000 or so mercers included great merchants engaged in international trade and small traders selling trumpery objects from their shops.’
2. ‘All along the extent of the corridor
3. in little alcoves
4. there are stalls of shops
5. kept principally by women
6. who
7. as you approach
8. are seen through the dusk offering for sale… multifarious trumpery.’
9. ‘You mean to tell me I gave the book up for nothing but trumpery?’
10. ‘An assertion of absolute moral superiority in the form of black-shirted nuclear families - spiritual trumpery via breeding.’
11. ‘In fact
12. it's even more important to bring a critical eye to bear on issues of such import
13. if only to avoid the kind of moral trumpery that goes on in these sorts of letters.’
14. ‘The weight and rhythms of Spanish expression transport me; its physicality
15. drama
16. and lack of trumpery I find breathtaking.’
17. ‘Long ago ‘elegant’ was turned from a word denoting the essence of refinement and beauty
18. into gaudy trumpery.’
19. ‘A gipsy boy
20. with whom I was on friendly terms
21. used to travel about this part of the country selling trumpery brooches and ornaments.’
22. ‘Descriptions of the artist in his painting room ‘up to his ears in the trumpery he had been collecting for many a year’ include these panels
23. which he hoped ‘to use… in some way that may add to their value.’’
24. ‘Deploring the damage done by gulfs between creeds and cultures
25. he opens up a crevasse between the seemingly serious intent of his novel and the trumpery nature of its techniques.’
26. ‘We need not neglect all our work for a trumpery incident of this nature; though I am quite aware that little things please little minds.’