| 单词 | curio-buying |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurio-buying curio-buying, curio-hunter, curio-maniac, curio-shop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling fancy goods or curios gaudy-shopa1627 toy shop1691 knick-knackatory1702 knackatory1709 bazaar1807 curiosity-shop1818 bric-a-brac shop1840 novelty store1874 novelty shop1893 odditorium1914 gift shop1918 curio-shop1920 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 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. 1887 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa I. 41 To the curio-hunter the Liu-kiu Islands are a most unprofitable ground. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Sept. 2/1 By a first-class Japanese curio-dealer..you are only shown one thing at a time. 1920 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 245 Your visits to the curio-shops. 1970 V. 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. < as lemmas |
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