Novelties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Novelty \Nov"el*ty\, n.; pl. {Novelties}. [OF. novelt['e], F.
     nouveaut['e], L. novellitas.]
     1. The quality or state of being novel; newness; freshness;
        recentness of origin or introduction.
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              Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. --South.
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     2. Something novel; a new or strange thing.
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     3. A small mass-produced article of little value; a
        knickknack.
  
     Syn: knickknack.
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