curio
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Locals shuffled through makeshift aisles bounded by curio cabinets, wardrobes and home bars styled with faux cocktails for an imaginary party.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
Maybe there’s something in the frigid water, as both he and the town’s other beloved cult curio, Guy Maddin, make eccentric odes to their humble homeland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
In his review, the BBC's Nicholas Barber called it a "pretentious, portentous curio", akin to someone recalling a "crazy dream".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
Discovery is certainly the operative word when exploring The Shabby French Market, a Parisian-style arcade filled with antiques, heirloom jewelry and pretty much every curio one can imagine.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Like most of the other Chinese children who played in the back alleys of restaurants and curio shops, I didn’t think we were poor.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
The album’s 11 songs were childlike curios, with Mr. Richman announcing several of the titles at the start, accompanied by a pithy, monotone explanation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The retro versions may read like curios now, but tucked inside is a very modern impulse: making something generous out of what you have.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
Yet he wasn’t tyrannical about the afterlife of these dramatic curios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
"They are just very charismatic, very playful, very social, very curios and very intelligent and that's why people love them," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Flames burn low in the gilded fireplace, the tall bookcases stuffed with curios and relics loom in shadow.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing curio
"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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The Night Circus
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