nick-nack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Huge, substantial, almost severe of aspect, it had all the importance of a palace compared to its neighbour, the dwelling of the artist, who was obliged to limit himself to a fanciful nick-nack.
From His Masterpiece by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
When I was there we used to pass the time away making models of ships and rigging them, or doing any little nick-nack jobs as took our fancies.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
Everything became a nick-nack in this curious room.
From Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens
A few plausible talking fellows created a buzz in the room, and the merits of some paltry nick-nack of mechanism or science was discussed.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by John Galt
It was a beautiful room we were in, all jalousied and curtained, all thoroughly tropical in appearance, while every nick-nack around us was mother’s—her work-box, writing-desk, books, everything.
From Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers by Gordon Stables
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