Synonyms for curio


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kyoo r-ee-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyʊər iˌoʊ

Top 10 synonyms for curio Other synonyms for the word curio

Définition of curio

Origin :
  • "piece of bric-a-brac from the Far East," 1851, shortened form of curiosity (n.).
  • noun knickknack
Example sentences :
  • Besides the bounty she received she was given $2 for the hide by a curio dealer.
  • Extract from : « Owen Clancy's Happy Trail » by Burt L. Standish
  • How does Perkinsville look with that—with that curio squattin' on top of it?
  • Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
  • They're like everything else sold by curio dealers—all humbug.
  • Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough
  • Curio is a good friend of mine; will it please you to hear these things from his own lips?'
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • But not the whole; for Curio left me not till he had shown how each had died.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • Curio wished me to have been there, and says nothing could have been more propitious.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • I am the bosom friend, you may know, of Curio, the favorite slave of Fronto—'
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • Any slave like Curio, or he of the Flavian, may be had for a basket-full of oboli.
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • But what is there in the heart of Pronto that is kept from Curio?
  • Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
  • What sallies I made upon Piso, Curio, on the whole of that set!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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