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also nicknack
as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
a variety of pretty porcelain knickknacks adorned the mantel
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If a book doesn’t catch your eye, a knickknack probably will.
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Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
For a piece in this week’s issue, Helfand speaks with all parties involved, and even visits Elvis in his current resting place, amid dusty knickknacks and towering piles of junk in an office behind a mechanic’s garage.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Inside the cozy house — adorned with a Saint Dolly Parton candle, a stack of board games, and various knickknacks — the songwriters relax in matching camo-print sweats.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Try to count all the zany knickknacks inside Northeast Pizza.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
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Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
For a piece in this week’s issue, Helfand speaks with all parties involved, and even visits Elvis in his current resting place, amid dusty knickknacks and towering piles of junk in an office behind a mechanic’s garage.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Inside the cozy house — adorned with a Saint Dolly Parton candle, a stack of board games, and various knickknacks — the songwriters relax in matching camo-print sweats.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
Try to count all the zany knickknacks inside Northeast Pizza.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for knickknack
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“Knickknack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knickknack. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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