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Bric a Brac

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A Brac (a French word, formed by a kind of onomatopoeia, meaning a heterogeneous collection of odds and ends; cf. de brit et de broc, corresponding to our "by hook or by crook"; or by reduplication from brick, refuse), objects of "virtu," a collection of old furniture, china, plate and curiosities.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bric a Brac'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bric-a-brac.html. 1910.
 
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