bric-à-brac

Definitions of bric-à-brac
  1. noun
    cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
    synonyms: armband, dingsigheidje, fantasieartikelen, frutsel, frutseltje, gadget, hebbeding, hebbedingetje, marot, narrenstok, niemendalletje, snuisterij, snuisterijen, zotskolf
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    ornament, sieraad
    a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
  2. noun
    miscellaneous curios
    synonyms: dingsigheidje, etagère, fantasieartikelen, frutsel, frutseltje, gadget, hebbeding, hebbedingetje, kutding, liflaf, liflafje, niemendalletje, onding, prutsding, snuisterij, snuisterijen
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    type of:
    curiositeit, curiosum, merkwaardigheid, rara avis, rariteit, zeldzaamheid
    something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
  3. noun
    a small inexpensive mass-produced article
    synonyms: dingsigheidje, etagère, fantasieartikelen, frutsel, frutseltje, gadget, hebbeding, hebbedingetje, kutding, liflaf, liflafje, niemendalletje, onding, prutsding, snuisterij, snuisterijen
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    type of:
    artikel, handelsartikel
    one of a class of artifacts
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