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countable and uncountable, plural gingerbreads
(food) A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger. examples
(figurative, obsolete) Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.
(architecture) A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style. quotations examples
For a time modern architects took a starkly functional approach to the design of houses, emphasizing clean, uncluettered lines and rejecting most forms of wall ornamentation as dust-catching gingerbread.
1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, page 37