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Trinket   /trˈɪŋkət/   Listen
noun
Trinket  n.  (Naut.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard. "Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands."


Trinket  n.  
1.
A knife; a cutting tool.
2.
A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
3.
A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.


verb
Trinket  v. i.  To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. (Obs.)





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"Trinket" Quotes from Famous Books



... the enamel heart conjured up the fatal day when Gilbert had called her "Carrots" and vainly tried to make his peace with a pink candy heart, had written him a nice little note of thanks. But she had never worn the trinket. Tonight she fastened it about her white throat with ...
— Anne Of The Island • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... for a good sum," murmured the other, looking closely at the trinket, "and will give us millet for several days. Thanks, good ...
— A Chinese Wonder Book • Norman Hinsdale Pitman
... many reminiscences within him. Aroused and actuated by the appearance of this trinket, his thoughts rushed from Fontenay to Paris, to the curio shop where he had purchased it, then returned to the Museum, and he mentally beheld the ivory astrolabe, while his unseeing eyes continued to gaze upon the copper astrolabe on ...
— Against The Grain • Joris-Karl Huysmans
... the caravan commerce, even men adopted this ornament: and this appears to have been the case in the family to which Job belonged, [chap. xli. 2.] Under these circumstances, we should naturally presume that the Jewish courtezans, in the cities of Palestine, would not omit so conspicuous a trinket, with its glancing lights, and its tinkling sound: this we might presume, even without the authority of the Bible: but, in fact, both Isaiah and Ezekiel expressly mention it amongst ...
— Theological Essays and Other Papers v2 • Thomas de Quincey
... that he struck his brother on the head and laid him low and took from him not only his uniform but his memory as well. One thing he did not take, because he did not want it, and that was a little trinket containing their mother's picture which ...
— Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp • Percy Keese Fitzhugh


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