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bric-a-brac [ˈbrɪkəˌbræk] n
miscellaneous small objects, esp furniture and curios, kept because they are ornamental or rare [from French; phrase based on bric piece] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
bric-a-brac noun knick-knacks, ornaments, trinkets, baubles, odds and ends, curios, stuff, miscellany, objets d'art (French), gewgaws, bibelots, kickshaws, objects of virtu The rooms are choked with bric-a-brac. Translations bric-a-brac n → Nippes m, → Nippsachen pl bric-a-brac [ˈbrɪkəˌbræk] n no pl → bric-à-brac m inv bric-a-brac [ˈbrɪkəˌbræk] n no pl → bric-à-brac m inv How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She was carrying an enormous parcel that might have been a bird-cage wrapped in brown paper, and she took it into a bric-a-brac shop and came out without it. Among the bric-a-brac of my heart I still cherish some of those little slips of paper with which we made international love--question and answer. For the king, whose name is Roquat of the Rocks, owns a splendid palace underneath the great mountain which is at the north end of this kingdom, and he has transformed the queen and her children into ornaments and bric-a-brac with which to decorate his rooms. |
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