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Recent Examples of conversation piece
One standout element is the sports card collection featuring athletes known for their famous mullet hairstyles — a quirky, beloved conversation piece for regulars and new visitors alike.
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Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
1 Mar. 2026
Vintage screen dividers add a conversation piece while also incorporating more function.
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Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
26 Feb. 2026
Explore and shop for Braves bobbleheads, aircraft trading cards, full-size galley carts, airport and Sky Club seating — all the conversation pieces your home needs.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
9 Jan. 2026
This complex challenge is perfect for older teens or adults and will serve as an impressive conversation piece wherever it's displayed.
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Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
27 Nov. 2025
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Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
1 Mar. 2026
Vintage screen dividers add a conversation piece while also incorporating more function.
—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
26 Feb. 2026
Explore and shop for Braves bobbleheads, aircraft trading cards, full-size galley carts, airport and Sky Club seating — all the conversation pieces your home needs.
—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
9 Jan. 2026
This complex challenge is perfect for older teens or adults and will serve as an impressive conversation piece wherever it's displayed.
—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation piece
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The golden script and trinkets that increasingly adorn the West Wing.
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As those trees died, some were processed into souvenirs such as pens and trinket boxes.
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Nearby Lost Art Jewelry sells handmade baubles by a master goldsmith.
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This is her 12-carat Ceylon sapphire, surrounded by 14 round diamonds on a platinum band—a bauble formerly owned by her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana.
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But so can characters pushing the knickknack/plaything boundary, like porcelain figurines and piggy banks.
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A lot of those people have Victoria Baumann and Charlie Moreton to thank, the father-daughter duo behind Victoria Essie Studio that produces fidget toys and other knickknacks out of their homes in North Carolina.
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The plant was a Japanese yew, an ornamental that is toxic and deadly to horses, according to the report.
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Many of the plants on this list can be interplanted with ornamentals in garden beds and around your patio or deck.
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At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.
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Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.
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The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.
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Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.
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The villas are filled with books, instruments, games, curios and thoughtful details that suggest actual living rather than generic hospitality design.
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Colleen keeps a curio cabinet full of mementos of a baby loved in her all too short life and beyond.
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Some of Jarrett’s favorites in the collection are the tchotchkes Obama kept on the campaign trail in 2007.
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The Patterson house is filled with children’s drawings, family memorabilia, tchotchkes, posters, plants, and a wide variety of domestic accoutrements, in an eye-catching spectrum of colors.
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“Conversation piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversation%20piece. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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