knickknack
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Ken, who declined to give his last name, has worked as a sales associate at Bunkado, a knickknack shop in Little Tokyo, for several years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
“Every knickknack I have, everything I don’t use, I’m selling,” said Ms. Gamble, 84, who has asked officials in neighboring Douglas County about applying for subsidized housing.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
Alithea, a literary scholar on a work trip in Istanbul, is the latest fated candidate to summon the djinn — purchasing the blue and white glass bottle that contains him from a knickknack shop.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022
Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw .
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021
“This is just a little knickknack I made in my spare time. If you don’t want it, just throw it away.”
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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