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nicknackery

nicknackery 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

Forms of nicknackery

pluralnicknackeries

Questions about nicknackery

What is nicknackery the alternative form of?
Nicknackery is the alternative form of knickknackery.

Words near nicknackery in the dictionary

  1. Nicklins
  2. Nicklow
  3. Nicklows
  4. nicknack
  5. nicknackeries
  6. nicknackery
  7. nicknacket
  8. nicknackets
  9. nicknacks
  10. nickname
  11. nicknameable

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