knickknack

Here, a guest book may be anything but, and cipher puzzles may reside in knickknacks while shields may turn out to be more than just decoration.

Trees and bushes swayed outside, and inside homes, knickknacks crashed to the floor.

“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.

Biden furnished the home with a plenty of sentimental items, from the desk he used while serving in the Senate to knickknacks picked up over decades in public life.

Some of his own collectibles — figurines, lunchboxes and other retro knickknacks — also are found in the coffee shop.