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knick-knackery

knick-knackery is the alternative form of knickknackery.

Meaning of knickknackery

Noun

knickknackery (uncountable)

  1. Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
    • As Hortense says of the gilded knicknackery of her saloon,—
      "Est-ce utile?
      C'est plus, c'est nécessaire."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XII. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 85

Origin of knick-knackery

From knick-knack + -ery.

Questions about knick-knackery

What is knick-knackery the alternative form of?
Knick-knackery is the alternative form of knickknackery.

Words near knick-knackery in the dictionary

  1. knick point
  2. knick points
  3. knick-knack
  4. knick-knack drawer
  5. knick-knack drawers
  6. knick-knackery
  7. knick-knacks
  8. knick-knacky
  9. knick-knock
  10. knicked
  11. knicked off

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