Dear Editor
Today’s English lesson: trumpery. This word has been used since the days of Shakespeare. It means showy but worthless finery, bric a brac, nonsense, rubbish; from trompert — to cheat.
Robert Wood
Battleford
Dear Editor
Today’s English lesson: trumpery. This word has been used since the days of Shakespeare. It means showy but worthless finery, bric a brac, nonsense, rubbish; from trompert — to cheat.
Robert Wood
Battleford
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