1
: a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
2
: a small article of equipment
3
: a thing of little value : trifle
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Examples of trinket in a Sentence
the top of his desk was littered with trinkets that were collected as souvenirs from various vacations
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The public is invited to bring photos and trinkets to place on an ofrenda from 6-10 p.m. Nov. 1.
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Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Anthropologie Glass Trinket Box Anthropologie Glass Trinket Box Add this trinket box to your vanity for less today.
—Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Skip the glass trinkets and instead visit Archivio CameraPhoto Epoche, a gallery and boutique overseen by photographer Vittorio Pavan.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
At the company’s annual sales conference, a mammoth extravaganza at Disney World, teamwork was exalted in music, skits, speeches, on shirts, on hats, and on every trinket imaginable.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Anthropologie Glass Trinket Box Anthropologie Glass Trinket Box Add this trinket box to your vanity for less today.
—Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
Skip the glass trinkets and instead visit Archivio CameraPhoto Epoche, a gallery and boutique overseen by photographer Vittorio Pavan.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
At the company’s annual sales conference, a mammoth extravaganza at Disney World, teamwork was exalted in music, skits, speeches, on shirts, on hats, and on every trinket imaginable.
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Trinket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trinket. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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trinket
noun
trin·ket
ˈtriŋ-kət 
1
: a small ornament (as a jewel or ring)
2
: a thing of little value
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