What's a geegaw?

[mjdtexan]

Its a duhicky

 

[debilorrah]

Quote:
Doomaflatcher.

 

[purr]

thingamabob
or duuga

 

[StupidBird]

a doo-hickey that does something?

 

[debilorrah]

Thingamabobber.

 

[19Dawn76]

Here is a sentence from one of my favorite books. The main character is meeting an older man for the first time and he had just had a stroke on his 83rd birthday.

"His left hand, defective . . . useless, fingers twisted and curled toward his palm, lay in his lap like some long-owned geegaw . . . worthless, but too familiar to throw away."

I love Billie Letts.

 

[WriterofWords]

A bauble, something pretty or cute but pretty much serves no purpose other than to look good. Can also mean something useless in a derogatory term.
Examples: She had a pretty geegaw pinned to her blouse.
He had another useless geegaw in a coffee can.

 

[debilorrah]

Personally, I have never heard that word before!!!!

 

[SurprisingWoman]

A geegaw is to catch the eye when worn on clothing.

A doodad is to catch dust on any flat surface it's placed on.

HTH

 

[Slinkytoys]

Some people call them "pretty-prettys". Doesn't that sound sweeter?