trinket
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When I wanted another stuffie or a small trinket, my mom’s default answer was almost always no.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
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
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
From an £800 trinket box to a rusty ice cream fridge receiving zero bids, Bargain Hunt has seen thousands of items go under the hammer.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
“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
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
Bags of trash, broken Christmas ornaments, useless trinkets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 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
I held each of the trinkets to the sun, turning them so that they caught the light.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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