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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.

A knife; a cutting tool.

A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.

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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Etymology of 'Trinket'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trinket" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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

... Dane lifted the trinket and examined it, and then remarking that 'a whistle is a whistle,' put his lips to it and made the call sound loud ...

— The Gold of Chickaree • Susan Warner

... disposing of the trinket I left with you; we have the weakness, we Poles, of clinging to our family relics. Set your mind at rest; before the end of the month I shall have returned to Vienna, and will honour the dear little note. One day you will go down on your knees to beg of me to loan ...

— Samuel Brohl & Company • Victor Cherbuliez

... said Mr. Prohack, surveying the trinket judicially on his wife's neck, "scarcely the necklace of my dreams,—not that I would say a word against it.... Ah!" And he pounced suddenly, with an air of delighted surprise, upon a fifth ...

— Mr. Prohack • E. Arnold Bennett

... underneath her touch, The room was bright because it knew her smile; From her the tiniest trinket gathered much, The cheapest toy became a thing worth while; Yet here are her possessions as they were, No longer joys to set the eyes aglow; To-day, as we, they seem to mourn for her, And share the sadness that ...

— All That Matters • Edgar A. Guest

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