The Only Use of
bric-a-brac
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- It was a stone church, and there was a ground-floor or even underground mustiness to the place, which was overcrowded with dark wood bric-a-brac, somber with dull gold organ pipes, garish with confused configurations of stained glass—through which not a single branch of a tree was visible.†
p. 25.7
Definition:
small items of interest or sentimental value that could not be sold for much money