knickknack
Example Sentences
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Ken Pellman, Greene’s longest-standing client, first commissioned a small knickknack display 30 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
Alithea, a literary scholar on a work trip in Istanbul, is the latest fated candidate to summon the djinn — purchasing the blue and white glass bottle that contains him from a knickknack shop.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 23, 2022
His office at Trump Tower was so crammed with memorabilia, including Shaquille O’Neal’s gargantuan sneakers, visitors had to edge their way inside to avoid knocking down a knickknack.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2022
If anybody is going to figure out how to stop these knickknack injuries from becoming something bigger, it’s LeBron James.
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021
At Miss Lizzy’s I dusted every knickknack in that big house.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
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