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trinkettrin‧ket /ˈtrɪŋkɪt/ noun [countable] trinketOrigin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from trenket ‘small knife’ (15-16 centuries), from Old North French trenquet, from trenquer ‘to cut’ - One shelf displayed trinkets from each country she had visited.
- Chief Auctioneer, Michael Welch, suggests that silver, brass or other trinkets could well fetch a tidy sum.
- House rules allow only minor gifts such as shirts and souvenir trinkets.
- Malongo was charmed by the idea that it suggested crass ambition and mindless spending on consumer trinkets.
- Others survive by begging, selling trinkets or scavenging on rubbish tips.
- She walked in the woods at the edge of the meadow and looked at the trinkets in the boughs.
- The odd grown-up cracker will occasionally reveal an Asprey trinket or an enamel box.
- Where others see trinkets, Romans see the holy grail: something for nothing.
- Women and girls would pile flowers, trinkets and gifts on stage at his feet.
► Jewelleryagate, nounamethyst, nounanklet, nounaquamarine, nounbangle, nounbauble, nounbead, nounbracelet, nounbrooch, nouncarat, nouncarbuncle, nouncharm, nounchoker, nouncoral, nouncoronet, nouncostume jewellery, nouncrown, nounct, cuff link, nouncultured pearl, noundiamanté, adjectivediamond, nounearring, nounemerald, nounfacet, nounfob watch, noungarnet, noungem, noungold-plated, adjectivegoldsmith, nounice, nounjade, nounjasper, nounjewel, nounjewelled, adjectivejeweller, nounkarat, nounlapidary, adjectivelapis lazuli, nounlocket, nounmedallion, nounmoonstone, nounmother-of-pearl, nounnecklace, nounonyx, nounopal, nounpaste, nounpearly, adjectivependant, nounpin, nounprecious stone, nounreset, verbrhinestone, nounring, nounruby, nounsapphire, nounseed pearl, nounsemi-precious, adjectivesetting, nounsignet ring, nounsolitaire, nounstickpin, nounstone, nounstud, nountiara, nountopaz, nountrinket, nounwatchband, nounwatchstrap, nounwedding ring, noun a piece of jewellery or a small pretty object that is not valuable |