as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
the top of his desk was littered with trinkets that were collected as souvenirs from various vacations
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No one has mastered the meme-to-merch pipeline quite like the MAGA universe, which milks political highlights to market T-shirts and trinkets.
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Across the street, vendors hawk tacos and trinkets and families with small children navigate the crowded sidewalk.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Couples are now choosing trinkets that could once have been mistaken for avant-garde cocktail rings as their wedding bands, and either stacking them or shifting their engagement ring to a different finger entirely.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
Two restaurants occupy the right side of the store, which also includes an Asian gift and trinket shop and several aisles of Daiso-brand household products.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
Across the street, vendors hawk tacos and trinkets and families with small children navigate the crowded sidewalk.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Couples are now choosing trinkets that could once have been mistaken for avant-garde cocktail rings as their wedding bands, and either stacking them or shifting their engagement ring to a different finger entirely.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024
Two restaurants occupy the right side of the store, which also includes an Asian gift and trinket shop and several aisles of Daiso-brand household products.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 23 July 2024
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