Word of the Day
Brac (brak)
Bric-a-brac - miscellaneous curios
Common clue: Bric-a-_____
Crossword puzzle frequency: 2 times a year
Frequency in English language: 34431 / 86800
Miscellaneous objects and ornaments valued for their antiquity, rarity, originality, or sentimental associations but of little monetary value.
A
bric-a-brac stall on Open Gardens Day in Suffolk
Odds and ends of curiosities. In French, a marchand de bric-à-brac is a seller of rubbish, as old nails, old screws, old hinges, and other odds and ends of small value; but we employ the phrase for odds and ends of vertu.
- Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - 1898
The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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