1
: a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
2
: a small article of equipment
3
: a thing of little value : trifle
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the top of his desk was littered with trinkets that were collected as souvenirs from various vacations
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More than trinkets and celebrations, religion was the perfect means through which the dictator could win over the Catholic Walsh.
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Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 28 May 2024
The candidates On a recent weekday morning, Mexico City’s historic Zócalo plaza is flooded with vendors selling political trinkets plastered with the face of President López Obrador, whom people refer to as AMLO.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
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Aaron Coy Moulton / Made By History, TIME, 28 May 2024
The candidates On a recent weekday morning, Mexico City’s historic Zócalo plaza is flooded with vendors selling political trinkets plastered with the face of President López Obrador, whom people refer to as AMLO.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024
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trinket
noun
trin·ket
ˈtriŋ-kət 
1
: a small ornament (as a jewel or ring)
2
: a thing of little value
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