Krimskrams — meaning in English
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English meaning
- novelty noun The quality of being new, unusual, or interesting because it hasn't been seen before.
- whatchamacallit noun An informal word for an object whose name you can't remember or don't know.
Senses
Krimskrams is used for these senses in English:
- bric-a-brac Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value.
- knick-knack A small ornament or other object of minor value.
- novelty A new product; an innovation.
- odds and ends (idiomatic) Miscellaneous things; oddments
- whatchamacallit (slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
novelty — full definition
- noun The quality of being new, unusual, or interesting because it hasn't been seen before.
- noun A small, cheaply made item bought mostly for fun or as a joke.