knick-knackeryn.
a. Knick-knacks collectively.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively
trifling?1544
trinklement1582
gallantry1687
fegary1724
knick-knackery1801
trinketry1810
feminality1840
foofaraw1848
baublery1850
pretty-prettya1882
slum1929
α.
β. 1801 Ann. Reg. 1800 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 236/2 Too much drapery, ornament, and various nick-nackery.1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iii. 58 Nicknackeries from China and Japan.1848 Fraser's Mag. 38 130 They eagerly collected all sorts of knick-knackery.
1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxxi. 588 She took the duster..and went round whisking among knicknackery and books.
b. A slight or trifling ornament.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket
baublec1330
gaudc1430
gayc1475
strincate1489
trim-tram1523
gewgawa1529
trinketa1533
toy1548
gaudy1555
baublery1583
trinkilo1631
jingle-jangle1640
prettiness1649
trinkum1665
knacka1677
knick-knack1682
trinkum-trankum1699
knick-knacket1793
knick-knackery1812
trankum1819
gaw1822
pretty1882
trinklet1897
mathom1954
tchotchke1968
α.
1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 40 A Short Epick Poem, stuff'd with Romantick Knick-knackeries.
c. A fanciful dish or confection, = knick-knack n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun]
confection1393
sweetmeat?a1500
junkery1509
conceit1525
banqueta1533
junketry1599
sweet1660
spice1674
knick-knack1682
confectionery1769
confiture1802
candy?1809
knick-knackery1813
mithai1824
dulce1834
sweet-stuff1835
bouchées1846
ket1979
β.
1813 T. Moore Horace, Odes i. xxxviii Boy, tell the Cook that I hate all nick-nackeries.
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