Gingerbread

Definitions

1. A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
   countable, uncountable
2. Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.
   countable, figuratively, obsolete, uncountable
3. A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“For a time modern architects took a starkly functional approach⟳ to the design⟳ of houses, emphasizing clean⟳, uncluttered lines and rejecting most forms of wall ornamentation as dust-catching gingerbread.”

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