knicknack

• It was easy to judge by the reverberation of the blows that his men were attacking the last door but one, the door that gave access to the knicknack-room Let us leave the chest open," said Lupin, "and all the cavities, too, all those little empty graves He went round the room, examined some of the glass cases, gazed at some of the pictures and, as he walked, said, pensively How sad it is to leave all this! —  The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
• It was easy to judge by the reverberation of the blows that his men were attacking the last door but one, the door that gave access to the knicknack-room. —  The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
• Bertha was a servant for many years before she married, and had collected many precious possessions, and she and Friedrich had a comfortable home with plenty of furniture and full of all the useless and hideous knicknack which apparently make so many people happy. —  The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship
• Ch'un with another smile, "fully ten tiaos, so take them and bring me, when at any time you stroll out of doors, either some fine writings or some ingenious knicknack." —  Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books
• You are deeply in debt -- say to the amount of a quarter of a dollar -- to the little knicknack shop round the corner, where they sell picture-papers, spruce-gum, needles, and Malaga raisins. —  The Story of a Bad Boy

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