knick-knack
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Many contain hard-to-recycle materials such as glitter, and of course there are the small plastic knick-knack 'surprises' they contain.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022
“That’s the last thing anyone who’s a Hawks’ supporter wants see is that dude coming down with any knick-knack or whatever it is.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2021
A little wooden knick-knack, painted with “Let’s Dance” in a jaunty font, balances on an Aga.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2021
It turns out the knick-knack wasn’t a racist memento at all, but rather “an ordinary reproduction of a Greek vase,” according to Snopes.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2019
But surely to most of us it is sufficiently apparent that Browning was simply fashioning a ridiculous knick-knack, exactly as if he were actually moulding one of these preposterous German jugs.
From Robert Browning by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
