bibelot
noun
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
bibelots
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pluralof bibelot.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Do you need to hide some cash, jewelry or other bibelots that have sentimental value?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Norma has a weakness for massive jewelry, and gifts Joe with gold bibelots.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
There are 10 of them, solid wooden furniture, covered with the detritus you find at estate sales: glassware, china, bibelots, books, even a cache of manual typewriters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2014
There are no animal acts either, just a furry boar's head mounted above shelves handsomely arrayed with books and bibelots.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2012
Even in the happiest times he’d made fun of my California accent, my secondhand overcoat and my room barren of tasteful bibelots, but in such an ingenuous way I couldn’t possibly do anything but laugh.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
