Gewʹgaw (g hard).
A showy trifle. (Saxon, ge-gaf, a trifle; French, joujou, a toy.)
A showy trifle. (Saxon, ge-gaf, a trifle; French, joujou, a toy.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.