Small decorative items often used for decoration, and/or conversation pieces. Synonymous with Knickknacks, baubles, bibelot, curio, dido, gewgaw, gimcrack, novelty, ojets d'
art, pretty-pretty, rattletrap(s), toys, trifle,
trinket, whatnot, whigmaleerie, souvenir, bric-a-brac, virtu, miniature, kickshaw, notion, trumpery
She had
hand-painted bottles, bowls full of
glass beads, snowdomes, and other chochkees on the shelves and
end tables.