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trinket

[tring-kit] / ˈtrɪŋ kɪt /


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Hoping to confess his feelings and win her over, Bear buys Nikki a trinket at a head shop, a One Wish Willow, which the clerk warns can’t be returned.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

She gave him money for a deposit, bought bridesmaid dresses for her daughters, a veil, "a few little trinket bits".

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

Roughly a year ago, the threshold for a second trinket dropped to 25 plates instead of 30, enticing people to up their plate count from the low 20s to 25, according to Uttz, the CFO.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

One analyst hasn’t been taken in, characterizing it as an effort to ride last year’s Labubu-led trinket craze.

From MarketWatch Jan. 29, 2026

“But far more important than a glass trinket, Stella, is the joy you already got in you.”

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

The novel emerged as he began writing about the objects he had saved, everything from family keepsakes to trinkets picked up at the bazaars, which gradually brought his characters to life.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

Since then, he has used spare cash to accumulate about 60 ounces of trinkets and coins, which he stores in a home safe.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 26, 2025

Sonia Bravo, 40, who hawks Christmas trinkets from a makeshift stand, has also heard that “zero hour” is imminent.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2025

Now, it also sells eggs, cheese, soup, local honey and even homemade cards and trinkets.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

They dump everything out on the tables and poke gingerly at the parts as if at trinkets imported from some future age.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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