- nicknack
- variant of knickknack
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
nicknack
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Nicknack — Nick nack , n. See {Knickknack}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nicknack — [nik′nak΄] n. alt. sp. of KNICKKNACK … English World dictionary
nicknack — /nik nak /, n. knickknack. * * * … Universalium
nicknack — nick|nack [ nık,næk ] another spelling of knickknack … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
nicknack — nick·nack || nɪknæk n. decorative item … English contemporary dictionary
nicknack — nick•nack [[t]ˈnɪkˌnæk[/t]] n. knickknack … From formal English to slang
nicknack — noun miscellaneous curios • Syn: ↑bric a brac, ↑knickknack, ↑knickknackery, ↑whatnot • Hypernyms: ↑curio, ↑curiosity, ↑oddity, ↑oddment, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
knickknack — also nicknack noun Etymology: reduplication of knack Date: 1682 a small trivial article usually intended for ornament … New Collegiate Dictionary
AberMUD — was the first popular open source MUD. The first version was written in B by Alan Cox, Richard Acott, Jim Finnis, and Leon Thrane based at University of Wales, Aberystwyth for an old Honeywell mainframe and opened in 1987. [cite web… … Wikipedia
knickknack — knickknacked, adj. knickknacky, adj. /nik nak /, n. an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric a brac. Also, nicknack. [1610 20; gradational compound based on KNACK in obs. sense toy ] * * * … Universalium
