trinketry

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Recent Examples of trinketry Blondey is also known for his trinketry, and this week debuted a fine jewelry line with the legendary Stephen Webster, who is also chairman of the House of Garrard. Vogue, 20 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trinketry
Noun
  • The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.
    Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • Joya wasn’t with us that day; my mother had handed me enough heavy coins to purchase it from a trinket stand in Trafalgar Square, where long white poles around Nelson’s Column were festooned with regal banners and topped with crowns.
    Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • This minimalist design from Wayfair has drawers for storage and can hold up to 200 pounds of weight for all the desk-side trinkets imaginable.
    Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • To maintain healthy ornamentals that bloom abundantly, avoid pruning these 10 plants in summer.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
  • Today, crabapple trees—tough ornamentals native to the Central Asian mountains—blanket Detroit.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Break out the trifle bowl, this layered recipe will dazzle at the potluck.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 23 June 2025
  • That's just a trifle fainter than Sirius, the brightest star in the sky.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • But like many of the other notables on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris borrowed the baubles for the night.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 May 2025
  • Snap up one, or both styles, and watch your mom beam as bright as the baubles themselves.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
Noun
  • What was the strategic benefit to the US of all this geopolitical trumpery?
    Peter Bergen, CNN, 28 May 2022
  • So will the border continue to vanish in the face of nativist backlash and a trumpery, gimcrack wall?
    Felipe Fernández-Armesto, WSJ, 25 June 2018
Noun
  • Along with a glimmering Christmas display of ornaments and decorations, the Guamans have collections of garden and holiday gnomes.
    Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
  • The eponymous brand founder and creative director, Temple St. Clair, creates pieces and designs that reflect her passion for the history of jewelry and gold — with the traditions of personal ornaments and storytelling at the heart of her brand ethos.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 6 June 2025

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“Trinketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trinketry. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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