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
Maybe there’s something in the frigid water, as both he and the town’s other beloved cult curio, Guy Maddin, make eccentric odes to their humble homeland.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025
In his review, the BBC's Nicholas Barber called it a "pretentious, portentous curio", akin to someone recalling a "crazy dream".
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
As an album, “New Blue Sun” tends toward the curio — both endurance and Rorschach test.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
It was one of those weird roadside curio shops that sell lawn flamingos and wooden Indians and cement grizzly bears and stuff like that.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing curio
"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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