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Meanings of curio in English

Portuguese
curiosidade
Catalan
raresa
Spanish
peculiaridad

Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.

        curiosidade

        Education organization in Etten, Netherlands.

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              Usage of curio in English
              1
              Have a picnic and support the local vendors at their curio stalls.
              The South African
              2
              Pine curio cabinets housed Bonnie's collection of fragile and expensive Kewpie dolls.
              Goodbye dolly
              3
              Then he noticed the chess set next to his mother's curio cabinet.
              Snow melts in spring
              4
              Doug Aitken's lovely curio opens with some essential number-crunching: 24 days.
              The Irish Times
              5
              There were Doctor Bernardo; Sato, the curio dealer; Otaka, the Ainu, and ourselves.
              The War Terror
              6
              Next door to it was the curio shop mentioned to Ned.
              Boy Scouts in a Submarine; Or, Searching an Ocean Floor
              7
              As the door closed behind me, I heard the curio cabinet go over.
              Boy’s Life
              8
              Thus Caius Mamilius Vitulus was the first plebeian created chief curio.
              The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
              9
              He bought the binoculars at a small curio shop located in Yokohama's Chinatown.
              Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
              10
              It was only a few miles from there to the roadside curio stand.
              All the way
              11
              An Edwardian mahogany and satin wood inlaid curio cabinet fetched £440.
              The Irish Times
              12
              And now that fine old mid-Victorian curio, The Grand Hotel has gone, too.
              The new yorker
              13
              The last time the band played here it was as a curio piece.
              The Irish Times
              14
              But why had Mr. Wetherell brought the curio with him now?
              A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
              15
              Yes, he's quite a pretty little curio and well worth having.
              The Jolliest School of All
              16
              They've been upgraded to curio status, with a further bump to serious opposition pending.
              The Irish Times
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