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trinket

[tring-kit] / ˈtrɪŋ kɪt /


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McDonald’s soon followed, launching in 1979 its Happy Meal, which came with a free circus animal trinket — a lion, elephant, hippo or bear.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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

He had grabbed at the ghost of a necklace, the ghost of some trinket or thread.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

In his early 20s, Anderson was enjoying life in Goa, India, selling trinkets to tourists on the beach.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

She remembers when the blocks up to Tin Hau Temple brimmed with food carts, trinkets, and the occasional fortune-teller.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

She was buying plastic hair clips and silver trinkets by the dozen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

“It’s true,” she says weakly, then sinks down on her hands and knees to gather the spilled trinkets.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau


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