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gingerbread

In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of the Carpenter Gothic style.

gingerbread

Highly decorative, elaborate woodwork, usually turned on a lathe and/or fashioned on a jigsaw.

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gingerbread (redirected from takes the gilt off the gingerbread)

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gingerbread
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