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    trump·er·y
    [ˈtrəmp(ə)rē]
    noun
    trumpery (noun) · trumperies (plural noun)
    1. attractive articles of little value or use:
      "None of your woolen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation"
      • practices or beliefs that are superficially or visually appealing but have little real value or worth:
        "he exposed their ideals as trumpery" · "theatrical trumpery" · "that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves"
    adjective
    trumpery (adjective)
    1. showy but worthless:
      "trumpery jewelry"
      • delusive or shallow:
        "that trumpery hope which lets us dupe ourselves"
    Origin
    late Middle English (denoting trickery): from Old French tromperie, from tromper ‘deceive’.
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