curio
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Locals shuffled through makeshift aisles bounded by curio cabinets, wardrobes and home bars styled with faux cocktails for an imaginary party.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025
The new directive prohibits them from 15 sectors including mobile money transfers, tour guiding, small-scale mining, on-farm crop buying, beauty salons, curio shops and establishing radio and TV operations.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
As an album, “New Blue Sun” tends toward the curio — both endurance and Rorschach test.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Discovery is certainly the operative word when exploring The Shabby French Market, a Parisian-style arcade filled with antiques, heirloom jewelry and pretty much every curio one can imagine.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023
He examined this curio and laid it aside to save.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Vocabulary lists containing curio
"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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