#177 bric-a-brac

bric-a-brac- miscellaneous small objects, especially furniture and curios, kept because they are ornamnetal or rare

- C19 from French; phrase based on bric piece

She wandered round, picking up delicate silver, bric-a-brac and china, smelling at the bowl of flowers, fingering the books which someone had thoughtfully placed at the bedside, examining the window hangings and the bedspread on the bed with its important carved head-board.

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