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Definition of Nicknack
1. Noun. Miscellaneous curios.
Generic synonyms: Curio, Curiosity, Oddity, Oddment, Peculiarity, Rarity
Definition of Nicknack
1. n. See Knickknack.
Definition of Nicknack
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of knick-knack) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nicknack
1. a trinket [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicknack
Literary usage of Nicknack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"Blenheim, Major Bramble and nicknack—at the conclusion she marries Blenheim—Sir
Hany wants Mrs. Lovejoy to go into keeping—she likes him, but declines his ..."
2. The Adventurer by John Hawkesworth (1788)
"To go to the auction with Lady nicknack,. ... Lady nicknack finely taken in..
The whole day a blank. Head-ach. Could not drefs. ..."
3. The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical by Lionel Thomas Berguer (1823)
"To go to the auction with Lady nicknack. To dine at home with a parcel of my
husband's ... Lady nicknack finely taken in. The whole day a blank. Head-ach. ..."
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