bric-a-brac

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The photos, mementos, and bric-a-brac are a collector's dream.

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  • Websites like Ebay and Gumtree are great for selling unwanted clothes and bric-a-brac but now new website www.
  • Tired of mindlessly supplementing your vintage bric-a-brac from The Brown Elephant with items you covet at
  • Marlene has some of her old bric-a-brac valued when the Antiques Roadshow team visits Ludlow. —  HDTV UK
  • In the graphic novel a couple of pages from the book were included as part of "Watchmen's" cultural bric-a-brac. —  Home Theater Forum
  • The photos, mementos, and bric-a-brac are a collector's dream. —  Bats
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  1. French bric-à-brac, expressive of confusion.
 

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