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Little household trinket
Answer for the clue "Little household trinket ", 7 letters:
bibelot
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Word definitions for bibelot in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A bauble, knickknack or trinket. 2 A miniature book of an elegant design.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bibelot \Bi`be*lot"\, n. [F.] A small decorative object without practical utility. Her pictures, her furniture, and her bibelots. --M. Crawford.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"small curio," 1873, from French bibelot "knick-knack," from Old French beubelet "trinket, jewel" (12c.), from belbel "plaything," a reduplication of bel "pretty."
Usage examples of bibelot.
She ushered them into a brightly lighted chamber, comfortably cluttered with bibelots, framed photos, bric-a-brac.
She slipped several small carvings and other bibelots into her shoulder bag, then went cautiously out the door.
In the living room, Proctor began to overturn furniture, tear paintings from the walls, and smash bibelots, further developing the scenario that would lead the police away from any consideration that the intruder might have been other than a common drug-pumped thug.
In the living room, Proctor began to overturn furniture, tear paintings from the walls, and smash bibelots, further developing the scenario that would lead the police away from any consideration that the intruder might have been other than a common drug-pumped thug.
Proctor began to overturn furniture, tear paintings from the walls, and smash bibelots, further developing the scenario that would lead the police away from any consideration that the intruder might have been other than a common drug-pumped thug.
In the living room, the magazine rack beside the La-Z-Boy recliner was crammed full of publications, and inside a mahogany display case, bibelots gleamed dully beneath their own skin of dust.
Presumably with a fabulous Faberge bibelot representing the Signs of the Zodiac in their possession.
In the living room, the magazine rack beside the LaZ-Boy recliner was crammed full of publications, and inside a mahogany display case, bibelots gleamed dully beneath their own skin of dust.