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bric-a-brac

[brik-uh-brak] / ˈbrɪk əˌbræk /
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Brooches that refer to various Chanel collections are assembled out of Legos, bits of Star Wars action figures, and other bric-a-brac, gleaming in jewelry cases and elevating these childish materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Another expedition involved visiting a “car boot sale,” a flea market particular to the U.K. in which ordinary folk park their cars in a field and sell bric-a-brac from the trunk.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Photos of prominent Black Bermudians, newspaper clippings, period clothing, depictions of life for enslaved people and period bric-a-brac crowd the museum walls, tables and display cases.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 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


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