Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TRINKET
bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket
(noun) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trinket (plural trinkets)
A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry
A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
(nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
(obsolete) A knife; a cutting tool.
Synonyms
• (small ornament): See also: trinket
• (item of little value): See also: trifle
Verb
trinket (third-person singular simple present trinkets, present participle trinketing, simple past and past participle trinketed)
(obsolete) To give trinkets; to court favour.
Anagrams
• Knitter, knitter
Source: Wiktionary
Trin"ket, n. Etym: [F. trinquet foremast, also, a certain sail, trinquette a triangular sail, or Sp. trinquete triangular.] (Naut.)
Definition: 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. Hakluyt.
Trin"ket, n. Etym: [OE. trenket a sort of knife, hence, probably, a toy knife worn as an ornament; probably from an Old French dialectic form of trenchier to cut. Cf. Trench, v. t.]
1. A knife; a cutting tool. Tusser.
2. A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.
3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
Trin"ket, v. i.
Definition: To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. [Obs.] South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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