curio
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, admirers, colleagues and gallery workers have sent her curios from New Mexico, Tennessee, New England and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times
The result is a faintly comic curio that hurtles along without much impact.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet more than a plot-driven work, this curio plays like a sensorial and surreal trip where a magical staircase to heaven blends with the already hypnotic landscape.
From Los Angeles Times
Locals shuffled through makeshift aisles bounded by curio cabinets, wardrobes and home bars styled with faux cocktails for an imaginary party.
From Salon
It was at once a stark avant-garde curio and a communal conversation-starter about representation and reality.
From Los Angeles Times
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