trinket : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: trinket	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for trinket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trinket n cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trinket \Trin"ket\, n. [F. trinquet foremast, also, a certain sail, trinquette a triangular sail, or Sp. trinquete triangular.] (Naut.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard. Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands. --Hakluyt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trinket \Trin"ket\, n. [OE. trenket a sort of knife, hence, probably, a toy knife worn as an ornament; probably from an Old French dialectic form of trenchier to cut. Cf. {Trench}, v. t.] 1. A knife; a cutting tool. --Tusser. 2. A small ornament, as a jewel, ring, or the like. 3. A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trinket \Trin"ket\, v. i. To give trinkets; hence, to court favor; to intrigue. [Obs.] --South.