TRINKET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of trinket in English

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Examples of trinket

trinket
Humanity, he tells us in both tomes, is essentially in pursuit of trinkets and baubles, with virtue and wisdom in short supply.
Apart from security and justice, he wants food, shelter, clothing and small luxuries and trinkets with which to delight and bedizen his womenfolk.
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Then they will come out and vote, and they will not need any trinkets to induce them to do so.
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He cannot say that the £150 million in this company is a bagatelle or a trinket.
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I recognise his interest in the arts and his possessive attitude to some art trinkets.
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Little trinkets, such as studs and cuff links, are also possessed by almost everyone.
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He chose a watch and said that he would have a few other trinkets as well.
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She had just had time to pick up a few trinkets, such as one or two clocks and watches and a gold ornament.
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Where it states "any other assets", does this mean any little love trinket given away to a grandchild, a piece of furniture, or anything of that nature?
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Up front is a woollen cloth embroidered with shining, colourful pictures and gold trinkets.
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Menw attempts to retrieve one of the boar's trinkets but is poisoned in the process and was thereafter never completely without injury.
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Conversation pieces, such as novel trinkets or artworks, may be used to stimulate continued conversation.
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The "pabtin" is a square-shaped bamboo grille or frame to which goodies (candies, fruits, small trinkets, etc.) are tied with thin strings.
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The many trinket stalls are privately owned, and hawkers are strictly forbidden inside the sanctuary.
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Afterward, trinkets, jewelry, and other precious offerings were thrown into the waters by worshipers.
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Translations of trinket

in Chinese (Traditional)
小件飾物, 廉價珠寶…
in Chinese (Simplified)
小件饰物, 廉价珠宝…
in Spanish
chuchería, baratija, bisutería…
in Portuguese
adorno, bijuteria…
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in Turkish
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
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in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
babiole…
ufak süs eşyası, incik boncuk…
snuisterij…
cetka, bižuterie (levná)…
nips…
perhiasan kecil…
สิ่งประดับเล็กน้อย…
đồ nữ trang…
błyskotka…
smycke, prydnadssak…
barang kodi…
der Zierrat…
(billig) smykke, liten nipsgjenstand…
дрібничка…
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