Bric-à-brac

The term Bric -à -Brac comes from the French and originally designated a collection of small art, ornamental and other collectible items, such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, feathers, wax flowers under glass domes, eggshells, statuettes and painted or photographed miniatures. In English there is the term bric-a- brac since the Victorian era, when people began to ask such objects on mantelpieces and tables or shelves and display cases or display cases to show.

These days are meant by bric-a -brac items of little value or on streets and flea markets offered junk.

Related terms are ( decorative ) Peanuts, knick-knacks, knick-knacks, trinkets, knick-knacks, trinkets.

Trivia

With Bric -à -Brac, the intended skidding of an automobile is called on frozen ground in the French speaking part of Canada (especially Quebec ). For this, the vehicle is accelerated and the ( acting on the rear ) Handbrake in jerky eingeschlagenem steering wheel. Thus, the carriage is breaking from behind and begins to spin. Etymologically considered the phrase is a combination of Engl. " Bricks" for paving blocks and "brake " for brake. It was then ground to the similar-sounding " Bric -à -Brac ".