trinkets

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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

Auction enthusiast Sarah had bid her way to a big collection of ornaments and trinkets which filled her three-bedroom house in Shetland.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Local tribes in the Darién Gap in modern-day Panama weren’t impressed with the trinkets the Scottish sailors brought to trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Her mother’s magic was more like a jumble of trinkets left in a basket after a long journey—bits and pieces knocking together.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill