Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Small, usually ornamental objects valued for their antiquity, rarity, originality, or sentimental associations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Objects having a certain interest or value from their rarity, antiquity, or the like, as old furniture, plate, china, and curiosities; articles of virtu; ornaments which may be pretty or curious, but have no intrinsic claim to rank as serious works of art. The term is often used with a sense of depreciation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
- noun any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Small
ornaments and othermiscellaneous items of little value.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun miscellaneous curios
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And seeing those rooms through her eyes, with their rugs and fireplaces and bric-a-brac, Alessandro grimaced and bowed his head.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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PLUS DON'T MISS San Telmo Market | Browse this flea market for high-class bric-a-brac. mercadodesantelmo.com Recoleta Cemetery | Grand old families and military heroes lie entombed in mini pantheons of every imaginable architectural style.
Buenos Aires 2011
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This is not some cheesy fair for selling bric-a-brac.
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And seeing those rooms through her eyes, with their rugs and fireplaces and bric-a-brac, Alessandro grimaced and bowed his head.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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And besides, it did not seem reasonable that he should be right — he who had stood, so short a time before, in that same living room, blushing and awkward, acknowledging his introduction, looking fearfully about him at the bric-a-brac his swinging shoulders threatened to break, asking how long since
Chapter 24 2010
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They were forced to commute from building to building in bright orange inflatable life rafts taken from the airplanes, rowing past floating office equipment and assorted military bric-a-brac.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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There are two large main bars with nooks and crannies leading off, all cluttered with ancient bric-a-brac.
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The cafe is dark with wood panels, a low bar with a mirrored rear wall, loads of ancient bric-a-brac, and pictures and maps of old Spandau, which was already a sizable town back when Berlin was a mere pup of a village.
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They were forced to commute from building to building in bright orange inflatable life rafts taken from the airplanes, rowing past floating office equipment and assorted military bric-a-brac.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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From its original LP release in 1973, Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" has ballooned to the six audio and video discs plus bric-a-brac such as marbles and replica tour tickets included in the recently released "Immersion Box Set" version of the album.
Snapshot 2011
mad4books commented on the word bric-a-brac
makes me nauseous. I don't know why...
December 9, 2006
yarb commented on the word bric-a-brac
Citation on furbelow.
June 21, 2008
wordlover42 commented on the word bric-a-brac
I just love this word, for no particular reason.
June 20, 2009
strev commented on the word bric-a-brac
a vente de bric-a-brac is like a garage sale
June 20, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word bric-a-brac
Or, bric-à-brac. Something my house is filled with.
February 23, 2010