trinket
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈtrɪŋkɪt/
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baratija
- The market was filled with vendors selling small trinkets and souvenirs to tourists.
- just a trinket
- beads and trinkets
Oh, so I like trinket dishes because I have a lot of trinkets.
- Oh, so I like trinket dishes because I have a lot of trinkets.
- They also got me a little trinket dish with a necklace that's in it, which says my name.
- It's a little ceramic trinket tray with a foil eyelashes and it's pink and cream.
- I would just like to say the stuffed animals, your cozy photos on your wall, your weird trinkets from childhood, they're all comforting and they're all special.
- I like to buy little trinkets and little old things and vases and I don't know, I just like old weird things.
- You must put your little coins and your few trinkets.
- Why we enslaved you with power, technology, beads and trinkets of devices you could never build nor understand.
Examples
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They also got me a little trinket dish with a necklace that's in it, which says my name.
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I've arranged a trinket for my beloved - a little wedding present for my bride-to-be.
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I love these little trinkets, like this little car with the Christmas tree in it and little phone box as well.
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Adding some plants or some nice trinkets or pictures like little different things.
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Here are my little trinkets that my friends and I made for my friend Sam's birthday.
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After that, we walked around the store and looked at all the other weird trinkets that astounded us.
Academic text (2003) -
He sells trinkets in the market.
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I like to buy little trinkets and little old things and vases and I don't know, I just like old weird things.
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The streets are full of itinerant traders selling trinkets and people bustling from place to place.
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She collected colorful trinkets from her travels to remember each place she visited.
Synonyms
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3.9
A small, cheap object bought as a gift or souvenir
18
4.6
A small unimportant thing not worth any attention
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4.2
A small cheap object people keep to decorate a home
11
6.7
A small, cheap piece of jewelry worn for decoration
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9.9
A small inexpensive decorative object kept as a souvenir
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8.2
A small decorative object like a tiny statue or ornament
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9.9
A small, cheap ornament that looks showy but has little value
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9.9
A small decorative object like a tiny ornament kept for its beauty rather than for use
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4.0
A small thing that is not important
A small, cheap ornament that looks bright and decorative
A small cheap shiny decoration worn on clothing
A small, cheap bright decoration that people wear on clothing or hats
A small cheap object with little real value
Compounds
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
trinket = trink + et
Although the suffix '-et' is a diminutive, the stem 'trink' is not a productive modern English base, so learners cannot reliably infer the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Trinket probably comes from an old short word like trink, and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a tiny charm that gives a soft 'trink' sound when it moves. So a trinket is a small decorative object or piece of jewelry that is often cheap and kept more for pleasure than value.