Curio

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Any curiosity{3} or article of virtu; any object esteemed for its unusual nature. The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for curios. - F. Harrison.

Noun

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curio - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting Synonyms: curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity, oddity

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