nick-nack
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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May sat down and fidgeted with a nick-nack on the table.
From Quisanté by Hope, Anthony
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.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd
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 Fenn, George Manville
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 Stables, Gordon
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 Galt, John
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