nick-nack
Britishnoun
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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.
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It is a street for foot passengers only, with many caf�s, wine bars, nick-nack stores, and superior hatters', tailors' and tobacconists' shops.
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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.
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We were asked to bestow any little trinket or nick-nack exposed to view.
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An old man conspicuous by his civilian clothes wandered about the yard here and there, picking up some stray implement or nick-nack, hanging it up on a wall or placing it carefully aside.
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