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Tinsel


TIN'SEL, noun Something very shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable.

Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?

If the man will too curiously examine the superficial tinsel good, he undeceives himself to his cost.

1. A kind of shining cloth.

2. A kind of lace.

TIN'SEL, adjective Gaudy; showy to excess; specious; superficial.

TIN'SEL, verb transitive To adorn with something glittering and showy without much value; to make gaudy.

She, tinsel'd o'er in robes of varying hues--