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# trumpery

adjective (more trumpery); noun (trumperies)

«trumpery» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Trumpery means cheap, showy and worth very little, though it looks grand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/#m1)
2. A trumpery is a cheap, worthless trinket or toy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/#m2)

### In the lessons

cheap-looking rubbish in stories; a queen calls a gift a trumpery plaything to show she thinks little of it; in lessons it describes something that looks good but is worth nothing

### Examples

- The shop sold trumpery rings that turned green in a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/#x1)
- The prince threw the trumpery toy onto the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/#x2)
- Do not be fooled by the trumpery glitter of the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/#x3)
- «See what a trumpery thing it is!» cried the stepmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trumpery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpery/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trumpery» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trumpery.html) on Mova free.