CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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money
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maps
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stores
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items you collect
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Detailed explanation-1: -A curio is a strange or interesting collectible object. Your vintage Pez dispenser collection, for example, is a group of curios. Something worth collecting, whether it’s a rare coin or a strange 19th century photograph or a bizarre clown painting, is a curio.
Detailed explanation-2: -: something (such as a decorative object) considered novel, rare, or bizarre : curiosity. also : an unusual or bizarre person.
Detailed explanation-3: -Where does curio come from? The word curio was first recorded around the 1850s. It’s a shortened form of the word curiosity, which comes from the Latin cūriōsus, meaning “careful” or “inquisitive.” Some people collect one single type of thing, like coins or stamps.
Detailed explanation-4: -curio shop means a business selling handicrafts, antiques and ornaments; Sample 1Sample 2.
Detailed explanation-5: -nountrinket; decorative piece. bagatelle. bauble. bibelot. bric-a-brac.