bric-a-brac
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It is a realistic, down-to-earth police procedural that’s swarming with supernatural beings and lots of storytelling bric-a-brac.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
The company’s multimedia collages, often blending canonical treasures with campy bric-a-brac, have worked to undo entrenched assumptions of theatrical perception.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023
As Norwich observes, you can chance upon worthy material not just in your reading but also in overheard conversations, advertisements, even on souvenir bric-a-brac.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022
A woman who found two portraits by a 20th Century British artist on a church bric-a-brac stall has described it as her "Fiona Bruce" moment.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2022
Bits and pieces of equipment lay strewn all over the floor, and at the rear was a heavy wooden table covered with books, bottles, and bric-a-brac.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
Vocabulary lists containing bric-a-brac
The Hiding Place
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The Ice Cream Machine
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