Our Cutler, who had now a great Stock of things of his Handy-work, gave them some little Knick Knacks, as Plates of Silver and of Iron, cut Diamond Fashion, and cut into Hearts and into Rings, and they were mightily pleased.
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Knick-knack
//ˈnɪkˌnæk//
Synonyms for "knick-knack" (4 found)
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28 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дребно украшение noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Catalan
2 entries- bibelot noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- galindaina noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Czech
1 entries- cetka noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Dutch
1 entries- snuisterij noun (a small ornament of minor value)
French
2 entries- bibelot noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- colifichet noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Georgian
1 entries- სამშვენისი noun (a small ornament of minor value)
German
2 entries- Krimskrams noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- Schnickschnack noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Greek
1 entries- μπιχλιμπίδι noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Indonesian
2 entries- pernak-pernik noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- tetek bengek noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Italian
1 entries- chincaglieria noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Polish
4 entries- bibelot noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- błyskotka noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- cacko noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- szpargał noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Portuguese
1 entries- quinquilharia noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Spanish
4 entries- achín noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- baratija noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- bujería noun (a small ornament of minor value)
- cachivache noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Swedish
1 entries- krimskrams noun (a small ornament of minor value)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
But there was no hitch in the conversation, nevertheless; for one gentleman, who travelled in the perfumery line, exhibited an interesting nick-nack, in the way of a remarkable cake of shaving soap, which he had lately met with in Germany […]
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The room was small, and densely filled with furniture; it gave an impression of faded silk and little statuettes which might totter if one moved. Rosier got up and wandered about with his careful tread, bending over the tables charged with knick-knacks and the cushions embossed with princely arms.
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Is art anything that we have reason to value? Or is it a mere adornment of life which we can do without—a mere knick-knack for Dame Civilization to hang about her wrinkled neck in order to dazzle her neighbours?
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