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curio|ˈkjʊərɪəʊ|
[A familiar abbreviation of curiosity.]
a. An object of art, piece of bric-à-brac, etc., valued as a curiosity or rarity; a curiosity; more particularly applied to articles of this kind from China, Japan, and the far East.
1851H. Melville Whale iii. 20 A lot of 'balmed New Zealand heads, great curios you know. 1861Swinhoe N. China Camp. 299 Everybody had some rare curios to show me, asking me their worth.
b. Comb., as curio-buying, curio-hunter, curio-maniac, curio-shop.
1886Pall Mall G. 13 Jan. 4/1 As a baby is moved to put everything it sees into its mouth, so the curiomaniac seeks to make everything within the limits of the craze his own. 1887Guillemard Cruise ‘Marchesa’ I. 41 To the curio-hunter the Liu-kiu Islands are a most unprofitable ground. 1888Pall Mall G. 19 Sept. 2/1 By a first-class Japanese curio-dealer..you are only shown one thing at a time. 1920Beerbohm Let. 18 May (1964) 245 Your visits to the curio-shops. 1970V. McKenna Some of my Friends have Tails 77 We had to film a scene in a curio shop—the type that sells objects made from skin and ivory and leather. |