10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NICK-NACKERY»
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nick-nackery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
nick-nackery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Humor auf Englisch III: London with a smile
The interior of his residence had to be plain and simple "no nick-nackery"(knick-
knacks). He wanted to turn Buckingham Palace into barracks or royal stables (But
PM Grey intervened). Hedidn't like the Old Masters (Rembrandt, Reynolds, ...
2
transactions of the philological society
Nick-nackatory, sb. a curiosity shop ; a museum of curiosities. " This my wish, it is
my glory To furnish your nick-nackatory." — Sir C. Hanbury Williams to Sir Hans
Sloane (Williams' Works, 1822, voL i., p. 129). Nick-nackery, sb. a trifle. Same as
...
3
Letters on Paraguay: Comprising an Account of a Four Years ...
... nick-nackery mode of packing up your flash wares. Pan, Pan; y vino, vino:* if
you think that, because Francia is a Dictator, he cannot look after his own affairs,
you are a little out of your calculation. Go about your business; "' When they say
to ...
J ..... P ..... Robertson, W ..... P ..... Robertson, 1839
4
Free Town Libraries, Their Formation, Management, and ...
The ninth Earl of Bridgewater (eighth of the Egerton Earls) was a collector, and a
very zealous one, of valuable MSS., as well as a collector of curiosities and nick-
nackery. He was, notwithstanding his many personal eccentricities, a benefactor
...
5
The Quarterly Review (London)
Yet we find throughout these letters, that Walpole's love of nick-nackery induced
him to keep up his communications with this man—he even treats with
impertinence and ridicule a gentleman lately returned from Italy, who, when
questioned by ...
Yet we find throughout these letters, that Walpole's love of nick-nackery induced
him to keep up his communications with this man — he even treats with
impertinence and ridicule a gentleman lately returned from Italy, who, when
questioned ...
William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, 1843
Yet we find throughout these letters, that Walpole's love of nick-nackery induced
him to keep up his communications with this man — he even treats with
impertinence and ridicule a gentleman lately returned from Italy, who, when
questioned ...
8
The revelations of a police court interpreter: or, 'Truth is ...
This pair of foreigners preyed heavily upon jewellers, silkmercers, and dealers in
expensive nick-nackery. One of them would contrive to engross the attention of
the shopkeeper, whilst the other levied " black mail." Amongst other criminal ...
9
The South African Magazine: A Contribution to Colonial ...
Finlay's bees were celebrated for their luck and goodness in not flying off when
swarming. Both were owing mainly to their owner's watchfulness and his perfect
knowledge of the creatures' wants and habits. The bees and the nick- nackery ...
10
The Dublin University Magazine
How, as I write this, one little room rises to my recollection, with its quaint, old side
-board of carved oak ; its dark, brown cabinets, curiously sculptured ; its heavy,
old brocade curtains, and all its queer devices of nick-nackery, where such ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NICK-NACKERY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
nick-nackery is used in the context of the following news items.
Bakersfield Mist, Duchess Theatre: 'Kathleen Turner rules'
Maude Gutman (Turner), an inhabitant of Sagebrush trailer park in Bakersfield, California, is a collector of kitsch nick-nackery – “C--p other ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 14»
Why I Hate Cup Cakes
... London with little independent shops weathering the economic downturn and managing to sell a bewildering array of nick-nackery, clothing, ... «Sabotage Times, Oct 12»
