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• n  miscellaneous curios

• Its previous owner, party-giving Perle Mesta, grandly dubbed it Les Ormes (The Elms), decorated it with all kinds of French furniture, tapestries and bric-a-brac.
• A Thai jeweler finds a new use for bric-a-brac Check In: Camp it Up (PTI Global Adviser).
• Buy this to win originality points, or to please the person on your list who delights in musical toys or psychedelic bric-a-brac.

• knickknack
• nicknack
• knickknackery
• whatnot

News & Articles

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• Strawberry Festival in Saugus
   On Saturday, June 15, the Saugus Historical Society will hold its annual Strawberry Festival. There will be a craft, plant, and bric-a-brac fair from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Roby School Lawn (facing Main Street) and the grounds of the American Legion Hall beside it (fronting on Taylor Street).
  June 13, 2013 - Saugus Advertiser
• Unusual art from an unusual artist
  KUSA - A Chicago artist best-known for making "Soundsuits," head-to-toe garments he constructs from used bric-a-brac, is getting his own show at the Denver Art Museum.
  June 10, 2013 - 9 News Denver

Quotes

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• Henry Hyde in Belleville News-Democrat
  In 32 years in office as a congressman, you acquire tons of paper, little bric-a-brac that people give you,Hyde told the Chicago Tribune. "I would hate to throw it all away, but I had no place for it."
• Robert Frost in Pitchforkmedia.com
  To which Frost replied: "The trouble with you is you write about bric-a-brac."
• Peter Hughes in Times Online
  We also have tabletop sales, where members can trade things such as cakes and bric-a-brac with CCs,Mr Hughes says.