small decorations, knick-knacks, small ornaments
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Bric-a-brac Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutMiscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
bric-a brac
\bric"-a brac`\ (&?;), n. [f.] miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
Objects of curiosity or for decoration
: a miscellaneous collection of often antique articles of virtu : CURIOS
Noun
1. miscellaneous curios
(synonym) knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot
(hypernym) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
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Bric-à-brac (origin French), first used in the Victorian era, refers to collections of such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, feathers, wax flowers under glass domes, eggshells, statuettes, painted miniatures or photographs, and so on. Bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, tables, and shelves, or displayed in curio cabinets—sometimes these cabinets have glass doors to display the items within while protecting them from dust.
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