[f. KNICK-KNACK + -ERY.] a. Knick-knacks collectively. b. A slight or trifling ornament. c. A fanciful dish or confection, = KNICK-KNACK 2.
α. 1812. G. Colman, Poet. Vagaries, Lady of Wreck, Advt., A short epic poem, stuffed with romantic knick-knackeries.
1813. Moore, Horace, Odes, I. xxxviii. Boy, tell the Cook that I hate all nick-nackeries.
1848. Fraser’s Mag., XXXVIII. 130. They eagerly collected all sorts of knick-knackery.
1876. Mrs. Whitney, Sights & Ins., II. xxxi. 588. She took the duster … and went round whisking among knicknackery and books.
β. 1800. Ann. Reg., 2362. Too much drapery, ornament, and various nick-nackery.
1870. Miss Bridgman, R. Lynne, II. iii. 58. Nicknackeries from China and Japan.
