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knick-knack

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
knick-knack /ˈnɪknak/ (also nick-nack)

▶noun a small worthless object, especially an ornament.

– derivatives
knick-knackery noun.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘a petty trick’): reduplication of knack.

'knick-knack' also found in these Oxford entries:

jim-jams - nick-nack

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play 'knick knack' 'paddy whack' [also: playing spoons/bones]

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