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Word entry · 7 letters

trinket

Best crossword clue

"Small cheap ornament"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/Part of speech nounSorted eiknrttStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2R3I4N5K6E7T

Definitions

  1. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Word origin

However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is insufficient evidence of any shift of meaning from these words to the current meanings of trinket.

Used in a sentence

  • That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.
  • [H]e's an old man, / A good old man, they ſay too: I dare ſvveare / Full many a yeare ago, he left theſe gambols: / Here, take your trinkets.
  • Hence is the Fair vvith Ornaments ſupply'd, / Hence ſprung the glitt'ring Implements of Pride; / Each Trinket that adorns the modern Dame, / Firſt to theſe little Artiſts ovv'd its Frame.

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Small cheap ornament7 letters

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