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trinketing

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of trinket

noun trinketings

  1. obsolete A trinket; a bauble. Methinks yon baubles are more fitting meed Than this same goddess here, so great in awe. Gladly, we trow, ye'd give a larger price Than these poor trinketings, to keep your Freia And have her in your halls. So let it be.
  2. obsolete The courting of favour. Some talk confidently of fresh trinketings with the King, and that Ashburnham is come to London on purpose.

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@misc{trinketing_2026,
  title = {trinketing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trinketing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}