curio

• He sprang up from behind a desk which if not an antique was at least a curio, and came round it to meet them. —  More Work for the Undertaker - Margery Allingham - Campion 13
• Still valuable today as a curio is the shrunken head, another practice which evolved from a belief in spiritual power. —  StrangeHorizons,September2002
• Flower will be misrepresented as a gorgeous but brief curio, devoid of challenge, and overrated by a vocal audience of critics desperately desiring to legitimize the videogame as a medium. —  Latest from PALGN
• Our angel figurines would make lovely inspirational pieces to add to your curio or display case. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
• The enduing success of the show 43 years after it first aired is testament to its brilliance - but it was almost little more than a one-off curio, just one of a series of comic playlets Galton and Simpson created after Hancock ruthlessly dumped them, despite their scripts having made him the star he was. —  Chortle News RSS

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