What does bric-à-brac mean?

bric-à-brac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

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"Yes: I think he is a good fellow: rather miscellaneous and bric-à-brac, but likable."
"Haven't an affair in the world, […] except a quarrel with a bric-à-brac man."
"The papier mâché desk he passed tolerantly as bric-à-brac, but the china-cabinet was dismissed with contempt."

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