'a knick-knack' is an acceptable word and collocation in written English.
It is an informal word meaning a small decorative object. For example: "My grandmother always had a knick-knack on each end table in her living room."
Lionel, I say, you're a knick-knack and bric-a-brac maniac.
On a trip to Malacca, on the west coast of Malaysia, I stopped at a knick-knack shop in Chinatown.
During the building work, the family rented properties around Lymm, including a knick-knack filled National Trust house.
You can drive through the long length of the valley and not see one advertisement or a knick-knack shop - or any shop - or even a cafe.
When my children were little, we used to have a cassette around the house of songs for kids by pop stars, on which Dylan did "This Old Man" ("With a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone").
Her own fantasies - of a world that is elegant, gleaming and runs like clockwork - have, thanks to her success, become a reality; she can walk from room to room (and God knows, there are enough of them) and see not a knick-knack out of place, nor a single side table littered with a used mug, nor a copy of the New York Times.
They sang, "We are here / Shagging your women / And drinking your beer / With a knick knack paddywhack / Give a dog a bone / Why don't hockey fuck off home!," as a muscular second-year, dressed as a ballerina, stood on the railing, alternating crotch thrusts and pirouettes.
"Mice /that winter indoors safely as she sleeps/ curled about a table-leg, vigilant/ as any knick-knack in a partial coma".
Give as a gift, keep as a desk knick-knack, do whatever you want.
Rotofugi A geeky knick-knack shop with an art gallery in the back, this place is the answer to the question "What should I get my nerdy boyfriend/girlfriend for his/her birthday?" You'll find something for him in the sea of pop culture collectables and weird little toys.
Rotofugi A geeky knick-knack shop with an art gallery in the back, this place is the answer to the question, "What should I get my nerdy boyfriend/girlfriend for his/her birthday?" You'll find something for him in the sea of pop culture collectibles and weird little toys.
