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knickknack

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knick·knack also nick·nack  (nknk)
n.
A small ornamental article; a trinket.
[Reduplication of knack.]
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Noun1.knickknack - a small inexpensive mass-produced article
novelty
article - one of a class of artifacts; "an article of clothing"
2.knickknack - miscellaneous curios
bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot
curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity, oddity - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
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"I can tell you, niece," replied Don Quixote, "if these chivalrous thoughts did not engage all my faculties, there would be nothing that I could not do, nor any sort of knickknack that would not come from my hands, particularly cages and tooth-picks.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
There was an old hair trunk in one corner, and a guitar-box in another, and all sorts of little knickknacks and jimcracks around, like girls brisken up a room with.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
But Alan's was a room in commission, filled with clothes, knickknacks, letters, books, and the conveniences of a solitary man.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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