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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trumpery \trump"ery\, n. f. tromperie deceit, fr. tromper to
   deceive. see trump to trick.
   1. deceit; fraud. obs. --grenewey.
      1913 webster

   2. something serving to deceive by false show or pretense;
      falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence,
      things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
      1913 webster

            the trumpery in my house, go bring it hither,
            for state to catch these thieves.     --shak.
      1913 webster

            upon the coming of christ, very much, though not
            all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition
            was driven out of the world.          --south.
      1913 webster
see also:
trump 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trumpery \trump"ery\, a.
   worthless or deceptive in character. "a trumpery little
   ring." --thackeray.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
trumpery
     n 1: nonsensical talk or writing syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe,
           trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop
     2: ornamental objects of no great value syn: falderal, folderol,
         frills, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense
see also:
folderol rubbish tripe trash wish-wash applesauce 
codswallop falderal frills gimcrackery gimcracks 
nonsense 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
105 moby thesaurus words for "trumpery":
   absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, base,
   bibble-babble, bilge, blabber, blather, bombast, bravery,
   bric-a-brac, bunkum, bushwa, chaff, cheesy, chicken feed,
   chickenshit, chiffon, claptrap, clinquant, common, details,
   double-talk, drivel, drool, festoons, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee,
   finery, flimflam, flummery, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness,
   frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery, froth, froufrou,
   fudge, fuss, fustian, gabble, gaiety, galimatias, gammon, gaudery,
   gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gilding, gilt, gimcrackery,
   gingerbread, gobbledygook, hocus-pocus, hokum, humbug, jabber,
   jargon, knickknackery, malarkey, mean, minutiae, mumbo jumbo,
   narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver,
   paltry, paste, peanuts, pinchbeck, poor, prate, prattle, rant,
   rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rubbish, rubbishy, shoddy,
   skimble-skamble, small beer, small change, stuff and nonsense,
   stultiloquence, superfluity, tinsel, trappings, trash, trashy,
   trickery, trifles, trivia, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle,
   vaporing, waffling





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Donald Trump - Donald Trump, and The Apprentice
...... trumpery -- Washington Irving> 3: archaic : tawdry finery - trumpery ... What is Trumpery?. trum·pery: Pronunciation: 'tr&m-p(&-)rE Function: ... ..
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trumpery - OneLook Dictionary Search
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trumpery - definition of trumpery by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and ...
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TRUMPERY - Definition
...Meaning of TRUMPERY. Pronunciation:  . 'trumpuree. WordNet Dictionary ... Trump"er*y\, a. Worthless or deceptive in character. ``A trumpery ... ..
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The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town
...FREE MONEY. TRUMPERY BELOW CANAL. Issue of 2002-02-18 and 25. Posted ... ..
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trumpery - Thesaurus
...Dictionary Definition of trumpery.                   Encyclopedia ... trashy, washy, trumpery, trivial, fiddle-faddle, twaddling, quibbling ... ..
http://www.yourthesaurus.net/trumpery.html, score=27, date indexed=November 29, 2005, 12:11 am

Dictionary trumpery
...The adjective "trumpery" has 1 senses.. 1. tinsel, trumpery -- gaudy ... "trumpery" has 2 senses.. 1. folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash ... ..
http://www.dictionarydefinition.net/trumpery.html, score=27, date indexed=November 29, 2005, 7:11 pm

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