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Example sentences for: decalcomania

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This craze became known as décalcomanie, from décalc- (from décalquer `transfer a tracing' + - o - + manie `mania,' whence we get decalcomania ( decal for short for the transfers), and the adjective cockamamie some say echoes the sense of florid but superficial embellishment.
As we grew older we came to realize that cockamamie was merely a child's distortion of decalcomania . Later, cockamamie came to mean `cheap, sleazy, gaudy, trashy, junky'--but never “mixed-up, ridiculous.”