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trin⋅ket

  [tring-kit]
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–noun
1. a small ornament, piece of jewelry, etc., usually of little value.
2. anything of trivial value.
–verb (used without object)
3. to deal secretly or surreptitiously.
Origin:
1525–35; orig. uncert.
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trin·ket   (trĭng'kĭt)   
n.  
  1. A small ornament, such as a piece of jewelry.
  2. A trivial thing; a trifle.

[Origin unknown.]
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Trinket

Trin"ket\, n. [F. trinquet foremast, also, a certain sail, trinquette a triangular sail, or Sp. trinquete triangular.] (Naut.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.

Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands. --Hakluyt.

Trinket

Trin"ket\, n. [OE. trenket a sort of knife, hence, probably, a toy knife worn as an ornament; probably from an Old French dialectic form of trenchier to cut. Cf. Trench, v. t.]

1. A knife; a cutting tool. --Tusser.

2. A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like.

3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.

Trinket

Trin"ket\, v. i. To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. [Obs.] --South.
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Language Translation for : trinket
Spanish: bisutería, quincalla; baratija,
German: der Zierat,
Japanese: 装身具
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trinket 
1533, of unknown origin. Evidently a dim. form, perhaps related to trick.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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