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Definition of Knickknackery
1. Noun. Miscellaneous curios.
Generic synonyms: Curio, Curiosity, Oddity, Oddment, Peculiarity, Rarity
Definition of Knickknackery
1. n. Knickknacks.
Definition of Knickknackery
1. Noun. Various trinkets or novelties; bric-a-brac. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knickknackery
Literary usage of Knickknackery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1875)
"But a room crowded and clustered merely with ormolu ornaments, knickknackery,
and upholstery, is a clear indication that those who live in it are ..."
2. Oregon: The Struggle for Possession by William Barrows (1888)
"... where the wise men of the east became practical, and abandoned the " Amphibium"
and the most of its knickknackery. It is said by those who have lived on ..."
3. Diary of George Mifflin Dallas: While United States Minister to Russia 1837 by George Mifflin Dallas (1892)
"He has no bed, he has no carpets, he has no toilet- table, he has no knickknackery.
Such also were the rooms of the Grand Duke. The Grand Duchess's, on the ..."
4. American Ladies' Magazine by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1834)
"... and marching, and clambering about the room, over carpet, and arm chairs, and
sofas, — and tables of knickknackery — nay even over tables which held ..."
5. French Men and French Manners by Albert Dresden Vandam (1895)
"In the large towns there is a great show of drapery and knickknackery about the
middle-class homes, and Madame d'Escarbagnas herself, whether old or young, ..."
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