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nick-nack

/ ˈnɪkˌnæk /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of knick-knack

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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