Definition of «curiosity shop»

A "curiosity shop" is a small store or shop that sells various peculiar or unique items. These items are usually rare, old, or odd, and can include antiques, strange objects, or unusual collectibles. The shop appeals to people who have a sense of curiosity or enjoy discovering unusual things.

Sentences with «curiosity shop»

He favors modern silhouettes and I like more old - fashioned things, but we've hit on a sort of cozy, clean - lined country that doesn't try to make this old ranch house into a French chateau or a Tuscan farmhouse or some other sort of thing it isn't — lots of natural wood, metal, leather and cozy textiles, plus, a little of the old curiosity shop thrown in with a lot of books, guitars, ukuleles, tambourines, horns, a piano and other various musical paraphernalia thrown in for flavor. (theinspiredroom.net)
The first was with Soho - based curiosity shop of cool MACHINE - A. (i-d.vice.com)
Five installations will be displayed at Whitechapel Gallery: a scholar's study invites us to unravel intricate drawings and models; the Bureau for the Centre of the Study for Surrealism and its Legacy displays the strange magic of obsolete things; the muddy banks of the Thames have also yielded their treasures for poetic display in a gigantic cabinet; while a Dickensian Curiosity Shop tempts us with the bizarre aura of American bric - a-brac. (shop.whitechapelgallery.org)
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