noun
Word Origin mid 19th century: from French, from obsolete à bric et à brac ‘at random’.
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Lesser objets d'art for display
Bric-à-brac or bric-a-brac, first used in the Victorian era, around 1840, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios. The French phrase dates from the 16th century meaning "at random, any old way". Wikipedia