curio

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  1. noun A curious or unusual object of art or piece of bric-a-brac.

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  • Upon Mr. Arbuthnot admitting that he studies Shakespere merely from a "curio" point of view, and that for the poetry he cared nothing, —  The Life of Sir Richard Burton
  • Matter was also carried to the north and south magnetic poles and there hurled in beams back across light-years. —  Starfarers
  • Even so, urchins, curio-seekers and irresponsibles attempted to jaunte into the wreckage, only to be burned by the induction field and depart, squawking. —  Tiger! Tiger!
  • Still valuable today as a curio is the shrunken head, another practice which evolved from a belief in spiritual power. —  StrangeHorizons,September2002
  • I also got a stone tomahawk — a mere curio, obtained from the Papuans; and a quantity of a special kind of wood, also taken on board at New Guinea. —  Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
 

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/ˈkjurɪoʊ/
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