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Meanings of bric-a-brac in English

Portuguese
quinquilharias
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Miscellaneous curios.

quinquilharias

Miscellaneous small ornamental objects which may be of sentimental value, but have little monetary value.

Usage of bric-a-brac in English
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Then he saw the weird little glass statuette among the usual bric-a-brac.
The Perfectionists
2
Next to that was a bric-a-brac of odd items in a box.
Audrey's door
3
The prince who spoke had come to Paris solely to buy bric-a-brac.
Poor Relations
4
Rowland's sitting-room was encumbered with bric-a-brac, and she found plenty of occupation.
Roderick Hudson
5
Her room is one of the best and filled with books and bric-a-brac.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
6
Would feel uncomfortable to go in a house filled with furniture or bric-a-brac.
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
7
The natural bric-a-brac that crowds our window-sills leaves little room for fussy housekeeping.
The Irish Times
8
All paintings and bric-a-brac were evenly spaced in perfectly straight rows.
206 Bones
9
It WAS the parlor- aroomof sofas, pianos, big easy-chairs ,andluxurious bric-a-brac.
The Damnation of Theron Ware
10
It makes our pretentious homes look like cheap bric-a-brac, Dorothy declared.
Dorothy Dale's Camping Days
11
Over and over they rolled, breaking furniture, overturning and smashing bric-a-brac.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
12
His mate searched her luggage, scattering clothing, shoes, and parasols like cheap bric-a-brac.
The devil she knows
13
Mrs. Armour turned to the mantel and seemed tremulously engaged in arranging some bric-a-brac.
The Translation of a Savage, Volume 2
14
Tables and shelves lined the walls, covered in wizardly bric-a-brac.
Changes
15
Thin men will devote themselves to obelisks, church spires, factory chimneys, and artistic bric-a-brac.
Here are Ladies
16
He polished everything relentlessly, even the bric-a-brac he picked up off the musical street.
The new yorker
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Translations for bric-a-brac
Portuguese
quinquilharias
Bric-a-brac through the time