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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