For those who know what's what, what's a whatnot?

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According to Webster's 1913 Dictionary it is a kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments. A place to put your whatchamacallits and thingummybobs. That definition is for the one word 'whatnot'. Jan 14 04, 5:02 AM

shady shaker

A Whatnot is not what a lot of people might think it is. What a Whatnot is may well surprise you. What if you never found what a Whatnot was? It's not what you know, it's who you know. But I tell you what. I'll tell you what I think a Whatnot is, and if that is not what a Whatnot is, you can tell ME what a Whatnot is. To my knowledge, a Whatnot is a narrow piece of furniture positioned in a corner or other situation where it fills in an "awkward" space. Jan 14 04, 5:10 AM

sequoianoir

Plenty on display here although nothing like the ones my parents had that my brother made years ago. They were wall mounted and simply two interlocking squares of wood, about 15 inches square and 2 to 3 inches deep. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=whatnot&sa=N&tab=wi Jan 14 04, 12:58 PM