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- noun Plural form of
bibelot .
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Examples
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Perfect as enhancements for both historic and fantasy scenes, with a touch of 18th-century France, these Venetian glass perfume bottles, Sevres and Limoges vases and precious bric-a-brac (known as 'bibelots' in France) that comprise LE TRIANON: Bibelots are crafte
News 2009
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Her father had lent her the money to buy the two-bedroom apartment, and Jane had fixed the place up charmingly, stuffing the rooms with bibelots and shabby antiques salvaged from the Marché aux Puces flea market.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Her father had lent her the money to buy the two-bedroom apartment, and Jane had fixed the place up charmingly, stuffing the rooms with bibelots and shabby antiques salvaged from the Marché aux Puces flea market.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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The endless job of dusting and polishing the not-insignificant number of bibelots and gold-plated gimcracks awarded to Miss Katie, that job is mine as well.
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Beyond the loggia were several arcades filled with books, Bibles, and bibelots, until you came to an enormous paneled room dominated by a large carved desk and a pink-fabric highbacked chair from which DeMille ruled his business empire.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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To me these tech bibelots are a threat to the printed word.
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We are more occupied by little artistic bibelots ....
'Odious Column' of Metal Jill Jonnes 2009
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La Farge marveled at trunkful after trunkful of paintings, drawings, and bibelots fit for museums.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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La Farge marveled at trunkful after trunkful of paintings, drawings, and bibelots fit for museums.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Highlights of his regime have included (in addition to more substantial exhibitions) displays of commercially made French jewelry and the bibelots of Marie-Antoinette.
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