trinket
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Roughly a year ago, the threshold for a second trinket dropped to 25 plates instead of 30, enticing people to up their plate count from the low 20s to 25, according to Uttz, the CFO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
One analyst hasn’t been taken in, characterizing it as an effort to ride last year’s Labubu-led trinket craze.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
“People my age are taking an interest in having heirlooms and traditional items,” Van Hulsen says as she points to a silver-plated trinket tray that holds her jewelry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
They paid £140 for a George Johnson 1908 Royal Worcester flamingo trinket box.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025
He lined it with bits of dirty newspapers and rags, and whenever he found a trinket or a keepsake he carried it home and stored it there.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
She remembers when the blocks up to Tin Hau Temple brimmed with food carts, trinkets, and the occasional fortune-teller.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Bags of trash, broken Christmas ornaments, useless trinkets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Notepads and trinkets, curious vintage-y things with animals or interesting patterns, strange candles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
The novel emerged as he began writing about the objects he had saved, everything from family keepsakes to trinkets picked up at the bazaars, which gradually brought his characters to life.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
To the Europeans’ confusion, their steel and cloth did not interest the Narragansett, who wanted to swap only for “little bells, blue crystals, and other trinkets to put in the ear or around the neck.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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