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Questions about tracing out and describing the elements of an individual word, as well as the historical changes in form and sense which that word has experienced over its history. Please use the 'phrase-origin' tag for phrase/expression origins.
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Does the word 'gimmick' have positive or negative meaning?
It depends on the context.
For example, for a magician, a gimmick simply means a tool, a device that is either hidden, or does more things, than the layman suspects.
It can be a pen, a coin, a card, o …
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