My Word! January 15

Knickknackatory or

knick-knackatory

Nick-nack-ato-ry

Noun

A repository or collection of knick-knacks.

As Zelda started trying to dust her shelves, she realized her living room had become a knick-knackatory.

Merriam Webster gives the word history as being a combination of knickknack and atory – which is pretty darned obvious.

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