gingerbread : Idioms & Phrases


gingerbread man

  • noun gingerbread cut in the shape of a person
WordNet

Gingerbread tree

  • (Bot.), the doom palm; so called from the resemblance of its fruit to gingerbread. See Doom Palm.
Webster 1913

Gingerbread work

  • ornamentation, in architecture or decoration, of a fantastic, trivial, or tawdry character.
Webster 1913