- 1.attractive articles of little value or use."None of your woollen drapery, nor linen drapery, nor any of your frippery or trumpery. I hate ostentation"
synonyms: trinkets, baubles, cheap finery, knick-knacks, ornaments, bibelot s,gewgaws, gimcracks "tables piled with all sorts of trumpery"
- 1.showy but worthless."trumpery jewellery