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I tell the women that he is what I call a bric-er-brac man.

Their Pilgrimage Charles Dudley Warner 1864

I tell the women that he is what I call a bric-er-brac man.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

Ginny swept her hand over a massive roll-top desk covered in bric-a-brac.

MORE FROM GINNY BATES: SETTING UP HOUSE Maggie Jochild 2007

There were trophies of hunting expeditions, some rare birds stuffed and mounted, looking so alive Hanny would not have been surprised if they had suddenly begun to warble; books in every stage of dilapidation, some of them quite rare copies, Ben found; portfolios of old engravings; curious weapons; foreign wraps; Grecian and Turkish bits of pottery; and the odd things we call bric-à-brac nowadays.

A Little Girl of Long Ago Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873

March, when he had recovered his self-command a little in the presence of the agglomeration, comforted himself by calling the bric-a-brac

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878

March, when he had recovered his self-command a little in the presence of the agglomeration, comforted himself by calling the bric-a-brac

A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

March, when he had recovered his self-command a little in the presence of the agglomeration, comforted himself by calling the bric-a-brac

Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878

I can only say in conclusion that there were also the bazaars for sweetmeats, most delectable; for coffee, of which one never tastes the like out of Damascus; and every kind of bric-à-brac.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

To the left of the ramp were low ebony tables covered with the kind of bric-a-bric that Susie Willinck had insisted on taking to California, only more expensive: silver opium pipes and skewers, delicate golden chains and fetters, cords of silk and velvet and plaited leather, a tiny cat-o'-nine-tails with minute gems glinting in its lashes, and a scattering of exquisitely-tinted pictures which they wouldn't have shown at the Royal Academy in a hurry.

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

To the left of the ramp were low ebony tables covered with the kind of bric-a-bric that Susie Willinck had insisted on taking to California, only more expensive: silver opium pipes and skewers, delicate golden chains and fetters, cords of silk and velvet and plaited leather, a tiny cat-o'-nine-tails with minute gems glinting in its lashes, and a scattering of exquisitely-tinted pictures which they wouldn't have shown at the Royal Academy in a hurry.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985