1) French word used in English
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Bric-à-brac or bric-a-brac (origin French), first used in the Victorian era, refers to lesser objets d`art forming collections of curios, such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, compositions of feathers or wax flowers under glass domes, decorated eggshells, porcelain figurines, painted miniatures or photographs in stand-up frames,....
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• (n.) Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
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Bric'-a brac` noun [ French] Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
A piece of bric-a-brac ,
any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack. Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/97
[
n] - miscellaneous curios
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knickknack noun miscellaneous curios
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Odds and ends, usually old, ornamental, and less valuable than antiques
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miscellaneous small articles collected for their antiquarian, sentimental, decorative, or other interest.
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