trinketry

American  

[tring-ki-tree] / ˈtrɪŋ kɪ tri /

noun

1. trinkets collectively.

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Etymology

Origin of trinketry

First recorded in 1800–10; trinket + -ry

Example Sentences

And, for the families who could afford it, their houses would be elaborately decorated with trinketry, and the very affluent would have Christmas trees in their homes and exchange small gifts.

From Literature

If you take my playlist as the starting point, you will wrest some small vestige of emotional truth in a day of cheapened sentimental trinketry and secondhand musical cliches of lurved-up hormones.

From The Guardian

And here, sweet, I have brought you some trinketry which you shall wear at the feast: a part is for Grace Blackiston, and a part for you.

From Project Gutenberg

“Did you ever read that story of Kipling’s where he says, ‘Regiments are like women—they will do anything for trinketry’?” inquired Nancy, calmly.

From Project Gutenberg

From a very early age, the ears of Hebrew women were prepared for this load of trinketry; for, according to the Thalmud, II.

From Project Gutenberg