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1
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
- be careful of the fragile curios on the end tables
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- bijouterie,
- bric-a-brac,
- gimcrackery,
- trinketry,
- trumpery,
- virtu
- (or vertu)
- figurine,
- objet d'art
- (also objet),
- ornament
2
something strange or unusual that is an object of interest
- a museum's collection of curios brought back from the Far East by 19th-century traders
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The first known use of curio was in 1849
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