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View synonyms for knickknack
knickknack
or nick·nack
[ nik-nak ]
noun
- an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
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Other Words From
- knickknacked adjective
- knickknacky adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of knickknack1
1610–20; gradational compound based on knack in obsolete sense “toy”
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Example Sentences
The girls helped to make the cave more homelike, and the lads appreciated every decoration and knickknack given them.
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“Perhaps one or two smaller things, a knickknack or two,” he moaned.
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He well represented the spirit and workmanship of the eighteenth century in the knickknack art of the Second Empire.
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