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Gimcrack
Hi, does anyone have a date for "gimcrack"? Etymonline.com is down right now, m-w.com and dictionary.com don't give dates for it, and it's not on Quinion's list.I am wondering if there is any...
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Here's the etymology from OED."[The 14th c. form gibecrake is perh. connected with OF. giber to shake (see JIB v.); the primary sense may have been a slight or flimsy ornament. (For the change to the...
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Song by Stephen Foster from 1846. However he might not have been the real originator:www.straightdope.com/classics/Also note it is Jim Crack Corn (not Jimmy)There are a bundle of discussions on this,...
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