Knickknackery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac. uncountable

    "As Hortense says of the gilded knicknackery of her saloon,— "Est-ce utile? C'est plus, c'est nécessaire.""

  2. 2
    miscellaneous curios wordnet

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bagatellebaublebeanbibelotbitbric brac

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"As Hortense says of the gilded knicknackery of her saloon,— "Est-ce utile? C'est plus, c'est nécessaire.""

Etymology

From knickknack + -ery.

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bric brac

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