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bibelot
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bi·be·lot  (bb-l, b-bl)
n.
1. A small decorative object; a trinket.
2. A miniature book, especially one that is finely crafted.
[French, from Old French beubelet, from a reduplication of bel, beautiful, from Latin bellus, handsome; see belle.]
bibelot [bib-loh]
Noun
an attractive or curious trinket [Old French beubelet]


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She collected items from neighbors and culled them from her own cupboards and closets: vases, clocks, cereal bowls, bibelots, tissue-paper roses, half-empty perfumes, an army cot, a pair of boxing gloves, used paper dolls, typewriters, skirts, coats, worn but wearable nylon slips.
The things I hold onto: seemingly worthless trinkets can become for ... by Bence, Evelyn / U.S. Catholic
I--the only American involved in the visit who actually knew how to speak the local language--was assigned the sensitive task of helping the vice-president's son bargain for bibelots in this paltry counterfeit emporium.
Gracious hosts, superpower guests by Miles, Bill / The Humanist
Cemin traces his love of bibelots and cheap curios to "the decorative statuettes I used to break at my grandmother's," and remembers one in particular, "a ballerina whose bust formed a glass lid over a hollow lower torso of alabaster.
Clair voyant by Ash, John / Artforum International
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