1
: a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
2
: a small article of equipment
3
: a thing of little value : trifle
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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Berkshire companies present sell special meeting-only merch, from high-end trinkets at jeweler Borsheims down to Warren Buffett squishmallows.
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Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Merchants used electric scooters to sail past security and parking enforcement to sell cowboy hats, bolo ties and other western trinkets to the tens of thousands of fans filling every seat in the stadium.
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The same goes for my nightstands, which are also fairly small and constantly occupied by my Kindle, physical books, water bottle, and trinkets.
—Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 27 May 2025
So long as Netanyahu refuses to go along with any of Trump’s grand diplomatic initiatives, which might require him to end the Gaza war or entertain some semblance of Palestinian statehood, Israel has nothing to give Trump other than symbolic trinkets.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
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Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
Merchants used electric scooters to sail past security and parking enforcement to sell cowboy hats, bolo ties and other western trinkets to the tens of thousands of fans filling every seat in the stadium.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
The same goes for my nightstands, which are also fairly small and constantly occupied by my Kindle, physical books, water bottle, and trinkets.
—Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 27 May 2025
So long as Netanyahu refuses to go along with any of Trump’s grand diplomatic initiatives, which might require him to end the Gaza war or entertain some semblance of Palestinian statehood, Israel has nothing to give Trump other than symbolic trinkets.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
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“Trinket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trinket. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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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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