knick-knacketn.
Scottish.
A little knick-knack.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket
baublec1330
gaudc1430
gayc1475
strincate1489
trim-tram1523
gewgawa1529
trinketa1533
toy1548
gaudy1555
baublery1583
trinkilo1631
jingle-jangle1640
prettiness1649
trinkum1665
knacka1677
knick-knack1682
trinkum-trankum1699
knick-knacket1793
knick-knackery1812
trankum1819
gaw1822
pretty1882
trinklet1897
mathom1954
tchotchke1968
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > showy or fanciful but insubstantial
gewgaw?c1225
frivolc1450
whim-whama1529
jim-jamc1540
trickc1550
flamfew1574
ribaldry1594
bubble1598
kickshawa1616
fairy money1616
foolation1628
fingle-fanglea1652
trangama1658
tinsel1660
gingerbread1664
finnimbrun1676
gimcrack1676
knacka1677
tawdrum1680
knick-knack1682
trantlum1768
knick-knacket1793
folderol1820
jigamaree1824
novelty1840
fool's gold1870
flapdoodle1877
fal-lal1902
1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 221 He has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets: Rusty airn-caps and jinglin jackets.
1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 102 This comes of carrying popish nicknackets about you.
1892 Keene in Life ix. 212 An omnivorous collector of knick-knackets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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