1
: a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
2
: a small article of equipment
3
: a thing of little value : trifle
Examples of trinket in a Sentence
the top of his desk was littered with trinkets that were collected as souvenirs from various vacations
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Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
The toys, treats and trinkets that went viral in 2025.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Display cases are cluttered with VHS tapes, cassettes, and trinkets.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
The knife was created from a devil's head trinket, which Jud previously stole from a bar and chucked through one of the church's windows.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trinket
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“Trinket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trinket. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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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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