单词 | knick-knackatory |
释义 | knick-knackatoryn. A repository of knick-knacks. Also loosely, a knick-knack. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling fancy goods or curios gaudy-shopa1627 toy shop1691 knick-knackatory1702 knackatory1709 bazaar1807 curiosity-shop1818 bric-a-brac shop1840 novelty store1874 novelty shop1893 odditorium1914 gift shop1918 curio-shop1920 1702 T. Brown Lett. from Dead in Wks. 29 I keep a Nicknackatory or Toy-shop. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius No. 34. (1754) 178 I went..to the [Ashmolean] musæum, vulgarly called the nicknackatory. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 180 He was single, and his house a sort of knick-knackatory. 1812 W. Scott Let. 4 Apr. (1932) III. 102 You see my nicknackatory is well supplied. 1819 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 90 13 Collecting the..nicknackatories of every virtuoso within reach. Derivatives knick-knackaˈtorian n. and adj. (also knick-knackaˈtarian) (a) n. one (also nicknackitorian, -arian, -aterian) who keeps a ‘knick-knackatory’; a dealer in knick-knacks; (b) adj. devoted to knick-knacks. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in sundries or smallwares miscellany gentleman (also madam)1609 knick-knackatorian1802 sundries man1866 sundry man1868 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > cheaply or gaudily ornamented > ornamented with gewgaws or trinkets > devoted to gewgaws or trinkets knick-knackatorian1802 1802 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 445/1 A profession technically called a Nicknackitorian, that is a dealer in all manner of curiosities, such as Egyptian mummies, Indian implements,..antique shields, helmets, &c. 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1284 The plaintiff was a nicknackitarian, that is, a dealer in curiosities. 1842 United Service Mag. ii. 7 Those of a knicknackaterian tendency. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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