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knickknackery

knickknackery noun: various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.

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 knickknackery

From knickknack + -ery.

Questions about knickknackery

What does knickknackery mean?
Knickknackery means various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac.
What part of speech is knickknackery?
Knickknackery is a noun.

Words near knickknackery in the dictionary

  1. knicking off
  2. knickknack
  3. knickknackatories
  4. knickknackatory
  5. knickknacked
  6. knickknackery
  7. knickknacks
  8. knickknacky
  9. knickpoint
  10. knickpoints
  11. knicks

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