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单词 trinketry
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trinketryn.

/ˈtrɪŋkɪtri/
Etymology: < trinket n.1 + -ry suffix, after jewelry.
Trinkets collectively; articles of personal decoration or of ornament viewed as trinkets or toys. Also figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively
trifling?1544
trinklement1582
gallantry1687
fegary1724
knick-knackery1801
trinketry1810
feminality1840
foofaraw1848
baublery1850
pretty-prettya1882
slum1929
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiii. 140 Ear-drop, nor chain, nor arm nor ankle-ring, Nor trinketry on front, or neck, or breast.
1840 W. Irving Early Experiences Ralph Ringwood in Knickerbocker Mag. Aug. 164 In those days there were no country stores in those parts, with their artificial finery and trinketry.
1892 Critic (N.Y.) 23 Jan. 47/2 Plain, entirely accurate, not unmusical prose, unencumbered with the trickery and trinketry required by verse.
1911 F. N. Streatfeild Reminisc. xiii. 147 A General, with much trinketry on his manly bosom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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