anything, unspecified item; set of open shelves
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Whatnot Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere.
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wheat \wheat\ (hwēt), n. [oe. whete, as. hw&aemacr;te; akin to os. hwēti, d. weit, g. weizen, ohg. weizzi, icel. hveiti, sw. hvete, dan. hvede, goth. hwaiteis, and e. white. see white.] (bot.) a cereal grass (triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.
note: of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat, white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat, summer wheat, and the like. wheat is not known to exist as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
Noun
1. miscellaneous curios
(synonym) bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery
(hypernym) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
Whatnot Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A what-not is a piece of furniture derived from the French étagère, which was exceedingly popular in England in the first three-quarters of the 19th century. It usually consists of slender uprights or pillars, supporting a series of shelves for holding china, ornaments, trifles, or what not, hence the allusive name. In its English form, although a convenient piece of drawing room furniture, it was rarely beautiful. The early mahogany examples are, however, sometimes graceful in their simplicity.
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