How better to define "Trumpery?"

Beginning with actual dictionary definitions, it is defined as stated below cited from various sources <found at dictionary.com>:

noun, plural trump·er·ies.

1. something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
2. nonsense; twaddle: His usual conversation is pure trumpery.
3. Archaic. worthless finery.

adjective

4. of little or no value; trifling, worthless; rubbishy; trashy.

Origin of trumpery

1425–75; late Middle English trompery deceit < Middle French tromperie, equivalent to tromp(er) to deceive + -erie -ery

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Historical Examples

• But I might have known that she could not, all at once, wean herself from the trumpery.

  The Bacillus of Beauty
  

  Harriet Stark

• There's suffering enough, without adding to it with our trumpery judgments!

  Joy (First Series Plays)
  

  John Galsworthy

• Some of them were not trumpery; they were as big as the heavens and the sea.

  The Prisoner
  

  Alice Brown

• Do they imagine that I either knew or cared for their trumpery wager!

  Barrington
  

  Charles James Lever

• The trumpery thing had seemed a sign to them, and now the sign was broken.

  Tristram of Blent
  

  Anthony Hope

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British Dictionary definitions for trumpery

trumpery

noun plural -eries

1. foolish talk or actions
2. a useless or worthless article; trinket

adjective

3. useless or worthless

Word Origin

C15: from Old French tromperie deceit, from tromper to cheat

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Word Origin and History for trumpery

n.

mid-15c., "deceit, trickery," from Middle French tromperie (14c.), from tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin. Spelling influenced by trump (v.). Meaning "showy but worthless finery" is first recorded c.1600.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

                                                                                                            

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