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