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curio [ˈkjʊərɪˌəʊ] n pl -rios
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) a small article valued as a collector's item, esp something fascinating or unusual [shortened from curiosity] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
curio noun collector's item, antique, trinket, knick-knack, bibelot a shop which sold antiques and curios Translations curio n → Kuriosität f curio [ˈkjʊərɪəʊ] n → curiosità f inv, oggetto insolito curio [ˈkjʊərɪəʊ] n → curiosità f inv, oggetto insolito n curio [ˈkjuəriəu] an article valued for its oddness or its rareness. kuriositeit تُحْفَـه نادره антикварна рядкост kuriozita kuriosum; kuriositet die Kuriosität παράξενο, ασυνήθιστο ή σπάνιο μικροαντικείμενο curiosidad haruldus, kuriositeet شیئ نادره یا تحفه harvinainen esine, kuriositeetti curiosité חֶפֶץ יוֹצֵא דוֹפֵן וְנָדִיר अलभ्य कला कृति kuriozitet ritkaság kurio fágæti curiosità こっとう品 골동품 įdomybė, retenybė retums (mākslas priekšmets) barangan aneh curiositeit raritet, sjeldenhet osobliwość raridade raritate антикварная вещь kuriozita posebnost, izdelek domače obrti raritet kuriositet, kuriosa วัตถุโบราณที่หายาก ender bulunur eser 古董,珍玩 рідкість, антикварна річ نادر نمونہ vật hiếm có 古董 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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But soon he had roused himself, and had picked up another curio to talk about. From the kinky locks of one of the naked young men he drew a hand-carved, fine-toothed comb, the lofty back of which was inlaid with mother-of-pearl, which he later sold in Sydney to a curio shop for eight shillings. It seems that an old bookworm who has a book and curio shop in Baltimore discovered between the leaves of a very old Spanish manuscript a letter written in 1550 detailing the adventures of a crew of mutineers of a Spanish galleon bound from Spain to South America with a vast treasure of "doubloons" and "pieces of eight," I suppose, for they certainly sound weird and piraty. |
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