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curio [kew-ree-oh] Noun pl -rios a rare or unusual thing valued as a collector's item [from curiosity]
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curio Translationscurio n curio [ˈkjuəriəu] an article valued for its oddness or its rareness. kuriositeitتُحْفَـه نادرهантикварна рядкостkuriozitakuriosum; kuriositetdie Kuriositätπαράξενο, ασυνήθιστο ή σπάνιο μικροαντικείμενοcuriosidadharuldus, kuriositeetشیئ نادره یا تحفهharvinainen esine, kuriositeetticuriositéחֶפֶץ יוֹצֵא דוֹפֵן וְנָדִירअलभ्य कला कृतिkuriozitetritkaságkuriofágæticuriositàこっとう品골동품įdomybė, retenybėretums (mākslas priekšmets)barangan anehcuriositeitraritet, sjeldenhetosobliwośćraridaderaritateантикварная вещьkuriozitaposebnost, izdelek domače obrtiraritetkuriositet, kuriosaวัตถุโบราณที่หายากender bulunur eser古董рідкість, антикварна річنادر نمونہvật hiếm có古董 |
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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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