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bric-a-brac definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural bric-a-brac) Etymology: French bric-à-brac Date: 1840 1. a miscellaneous collection of small articles commonly of ornamental or sentimental value ; curios 2. something suggesting bric-a-brac especially in extraneous decorative quality

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Bric-a-brac is a number of small ornamental objects of no great value. = knick-knacks

Moby Thesaurus

art object, bauble, bibelot, brainchild, chaff, chicken feed, chickenshit, classic, composition, creation, design, details, fribble, froth, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, gimcrackery, grotesque, kickshaw, kitsch, knack, knickknack, knickknackery, master, masterpiece, masterwork, minutiae, mobile, museum piece, nude, old master, pasticcio, pastiche, peanuts, piece, piece of virtu, rubbish, small beer, small change, stabile, statue, still life, study, toy, trash, trifles, trinket, trivia, trumpery, virtu, whim-wham, work, work of art