Word: bric-a-brac
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...embroidered with the Rumanian royal crest and motto: Nihil Sine Deo;* chewed gum when assured by one of her ladies-in-waiting, Mme. Prezepie, that in the U. S. it is considered a preventative against seasickness-learned that half a million dollars' worth of antique furniture and bric-a-brac has been installed by the Hotel Ambassador in the suite which will allegedly be rented to Her Majesty in Manhattan for "a dollar a day"; received a 21-gun salute from the battery on Governor's Island as the Leviathan nosed up New York Harbor...
Richards told the editors that the mortgage was about to be foreclosed, that the printers had refused to work without pay and that the Lampoon was deeply in dept and unable to pay its bills. All the furniture and bric-a-brac belong either to former editors who have loaned them or to furniture firms. Two firms are involved, both of which intend to collect the furniture in forfeit of instalments never paid. In addition Lampy owes money to caterers, advertising agencies, engraving companies and printers and to the CRIMSON, and Lampy's sole employee, Bob Lampoon. Because of perennially...
...Submarine S-1 showed up to take part in the entertainment, and riflemen punctured and dispelled eggs, glass balls and other bric-a-brac cast into mid air. From this entertainment the President did not get home until...
...that New England was shocked by a slight earthquake. Shortly after eight o'clock one January morning, an ague set in north of Boston, People rushed from their houses in Marblehead and Salem. Slates fell off the roofs at Gloucester and pictures off the" walls a. Swampscott. Bric-a-brac fell from shelves in Medford, and antimacassars were disarranged in Maiden. After 10 to 90 seconds of tremor, New England settled down, though her people were still agitated...
...wrinkled the brow, and no tongue was stuck in the cheek over any performance. A jovial mob lounged in the theatre and awaited the actors. If they liked the play they broke out a clapping and a-yelling; if they did not like it they let fly any bric-a-brac that came to hand,--and the unfortunate tragedians did not have to consult the papers to learn the success of their efforts...