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trinket en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪŋkət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

The origin of the noun is unknown; the word is possibly related to Old French tryncle (“piece of jewellery”). The following have also been suggested: * From Middle English trenket, trynket (“small knife, specifically, a cordwainer’s knife”). * From trick (“plaything, toy; trifle”, noun) or trick (verb). However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is insufficient evidence of any shift of meaning from these words to the current meanings of trinket. The verb is derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.
   • This [the hawksbill turtle] is the animal that ſupplies the tortoiſe-ſhell, of vvhich ſuch a variety of beautiful trinkets are made. 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of the Tortoise, and Its Kinds”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume VI, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, page 361:
   • Hence is the Fair vvith Ornaments ſupply'd, / Hence ſprung the glitt'ring Implements of Pride; / Each Trinket that adorns the modern Dame, / Firſt to theſe little Artiſts ovv'd its Frame. 1713 (indicated as 1714), [John] Gay, “Book I”, in The Fan. A Poem. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 8:
   • Glumdalclitch vvrapped it [the broken finger from a statue] up in a Handkerchief; and carried it home in her Pocket to keep among other Trinkets, of vvhich the Girl vvas very fond, as Children at her Age uſually are. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Country Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page [224]:
   • That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.
   • James [II] ordered an estimate to be made of the cost of such a procession, and found that it would amount to about half as much as he proposed to expend in covering his wife [Mary of Modena] with trinkets. He accordingly determined to be profuse where he ought to have been frugal, and niggardly where he might pardonably have been profuse. More than one hundred thousand pounds were laid out in dressing the queen, and the procession from the Tower was omitted. 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter IV, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 473:
   • [H]e's an old man, / A good old man, they ſay too: I dare ſvveare / Full many a yeare ago, he left theſe gambols: / Here, take your trinkets. 1619, John Fletcher, “The Humorous Lieutenant”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 136, column 2:
2. (figuratively) A thing of little practical and/or monetary value; a toy, a trifle.
   • There is no art about the Eiffel Tower. In no way can it be said to have contributed to the real beauty of the Exhibition. Men flocked to see it and ascended it as it was a novelty and of unique dimensions. It was the toy of the Exhibition. So long as we are children we are attracted by toys, and the Tower was a good demonstration of the fact that we are all children attracted by trinkets. That may be claimed to be the purpose served by the Eiffel Tower. 1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, “The Great Exhibition”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati, volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press, →OCLC, part I, pages 189–190:
   • It’s only a little trinket, but it reminds her of him.
3. (obsolete) A small item of food; a small dainty.
   • [L]et Tim send the ale and the sack, and the nipperkin of double-distilled, with a bit of diet-loaf, or some such trinket, and score it to the new comer. 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter XII, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume II (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 297:
4. (in-plural, obsolete) A small item forming part of a set of equipment; an accessory, an accoutrement.
   • Good huſbandes that laye, to ſaue all thing vpright: / for Tumbrels and cartes, haue a ſhed redy dight. / A ſtore houſe for trinkets, kept cloſe as a iayle: / that nothing be wanting, the worthe of a nayle. 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, “June”, in A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC, stanza 88, signatures C.iii., verso – C.iiii., recto:
   • Soon you vvill hear the Saucy Stevvard ſay, / Pack up vvith all your Trinkets, and avvay: […] 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 97, lines 212–213:
   • Dunſtan vvas in his Vocation making ſome iron Trinkets, vvhen a Proteus-Devil appeared unto him, changing into Shapes, but fixing himſelf at laſt into the form of a Fair VVoman. […] Dunſtan perceiving it, pluckt his Tongs glovving hot out of the Fire, and vvith them kept him (or her ſhall I ſay?) there along time by the Noſe roaring and bellovving; till at laſt he brake looſe, by vvhat accident it is not told unto us. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, book II, page 128:
   • [T]he poorer ſort of common ſouldiers haue euery man his leather bag or ſachell well ſowen together, wherin he packs vp all his trinkets, and ſtrongly truſſing it vp hangs it at his horſes tayle, and ſo paſſeth ouer, in manner aforeſaid. 1599, Vincentius Beluacensis [i.e., Vincent of Beauvais], “[The Voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini vnto the Northeast Parts of the World, in the Yeere of Our Lord, 1246. Of the First Sending of Certaine Friers Prędicants and Minorites vnto the Tartars, Taken Out of the 32. Booke of Vincentius Beluacensis His Speculum Historiale: Beginning at the Second Chapter.] Chap[ter] 17. How the Tartars Behaue Themselues in Warre.”, in Richard Hakluyt, transl., The Principal Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation, […], 2nd edition, London: […] George Bishop, Ralph Newberie, and Robert Barker, →OCLC, page 62:
5. (derogatory, figuratively, obsolete) An item used in a religious rite (also, a religious rite, belief, etc.) regarded as superfluous or trivial.
   • The Duke of Somerſet vvas religious himſelf, a lover of all ſuch as vvere ſo, and a great Promoter of Reformation. Valiant, fortunate, vvitneſſe his victory in Muſleborrough field, vvhen the Scots filled many carts vvith emptineſſe, and loaded them vvith vvhat vvas lighter than vanity it ſelf, Popiſh Images, and other Trinkets, vvherein they placed the confidence of their Conqueſt. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, book VII, page 410:
   • [T]he ſame teachers with Chriſts doctrine mingled Jewiſhnes and ſuperſticious Philoſophie, obſeruing and keping certain poyntes of the lawe, ſuperſticiously alſo honouring the Sunne, the Moone, and ſtarres, with ſuch other trinkettes of this world, hearing the Coloſſiãs [Colossians] in hand that thei were alſo bound to do the ſame. 1549 August 26 (Gregorian calendar), Erasmus, “The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Epistle of the Apostle Saincte Paule to the Colossians. The Argument of the Epistle of Sainct Paule to the Colossians […].”, in Iohn Olde [i.e., John Old], transl., The Seconde Tome or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testament: […], London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche, →OCLC, folio i, recto:

Forms

Deriveds

trinketer · trinketization · trinklet · trinkety · trinkilo · trinketlike · trinkery · trinketry · trinklement · trinketize · trinkum

Hypernyms

trifle · ornament · unimportance

Relateds

curio · swag · schwag

Synonyms

trifle · niff-naff · picayune · scuddick · white chip · minuity · bagatelle · gewgaw · dicky · tat · trangam · fig · whim-wham · fandangle · bric-a-brac · toy · tchotchke · triviality · mathom · bric-a-brac · bag of shells · sop · novelty · trinket · knick-knack · fizgig · folderol · kickshaw · fangle · flamfew · flyspeck · fico · trick · bauble · whiffle · dicky-bird · ticky-tack

Translations (77)

pl bagatela (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ru побряку́шка (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · de Schmuckgegenstand (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · cs cetka (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fr broutille (thing of little value — see also trifle) · nl prullaria (thing of little value — see also trifle) · grc γλῆνος (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · de Schmuck (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · de Kinkerlitzchen (thing of little value — see also trifle) · pt quinquilharia (thing of little value — see also trifle) · no nips (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · pl błahostka (thing of little value — see also trifle) · it ninnolo (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · ja 些事 (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ru ме́лочи (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ca galindaina (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · cs cetka (thing of little value — see also trifle) · uk витребе́нька (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · pl drobiazg (thing of little value — see also trifle) · pl drobnostka (thing of little value — see also trifle) · mk ситница (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · ja 小事 (thing of little value — see also trifle) · mk дребнулија (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ca fotesa (thing of little value — see also trifle) · it cineseria (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · nl snuisterij (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ca quincalla (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · it gingillo (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · it fronzolo (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · sv krusiduller (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · mk дреболија (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ja 小物 (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · eo bagatelo (thing of little value — see also trifle) · fr colifichet (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · cmn 小玩意 (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · es perendengue (thing of little value — see also trifle) · cmn 小事 (thing of little value — see also trifle) · pl błyskotka (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · it ciondolo (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · es oropel (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fi hely (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fr bricole (thing of little value — see also trifle) · sk čačka (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · bg дреболия (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ca bagatel·la (thing of little value — see also trifle) · pt bugiganga (thing of little value — see also trifle) · es perendengue (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fr bibelot (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · pl bibelot (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · ru безделу́шка (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · pl szpargał (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · es chunche (thing of little value — see also trifle) · uk дрібни́чка (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · de Schmuckstück (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · uk дрібни́чка (thing of little value — see also trifle) · it chincaglieria (thing of little value — see also trifle) · cmn 瑣事 /琐事 (thing of little value — see also trifle) · sv krimskrams (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · no smykke (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fr babiole (thing of little value — see also trifle) · bg дребно украшение (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · cmn 小飾物 /小饰物 (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fi rihkama (thing of little value — see also trifle) · es baratija (thing of little value — see also trifle) · grc λῆρος (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · ga daighsín (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · ru пустя́к (thing of little value — see also trifle) · ja 安ピカ (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · eo straso (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fr breloque (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · ca petitesa (thing of little value — see also trifle) · nl kleinood (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · es chácharas (thing of little value — see also trifle) · pl cacko (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · fa زلم زیمبو (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · el μπιχλιμπίδι (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery) · no verdigjenstand (small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery)

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trinket en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪŋkət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

The origin of the noun is unknown; the word is possibly related to Old French tryncle (“piece of jewellery”). The following have also been suggested: * From Middle English trenket, trynket (“small knife, specifically, a cordwainer’s knife”). * From trick (“plaything, toy; trifle”, noun) or trick (verb). However, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, there is insufficient evidence of any shift of meaning from these words to the current meanings of trinket. The verb is derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) Often followed by out: to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
   • The grim idol of war is trinketed out and decked with all the colors of the rainbow. […] But no sooner is the sickle exchanged for the sword, than the soldier findeth this Bellona, whom he had wooed as a goddess in courtship, turneth out to be a demon in possession. C[harles] C[aleb] Colton (1826), “[Reflection] CCLXXXIII”, in Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words; […], new edition, volume II, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 181
   • He was surprised at his own taste, but he let it take its course. It led him to the discovery that to live with ladies who expect you to present them with expensive bouquets, […] to be always arrayed and anointed, trinketed and gloved,—that to move in such society, we say, though it might be a privilege, was a privilege with a penalty attached. 1875 January–December, Henry James, Jr., “Experience”, in Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page 126:
   • On June 26 the party of sun and wind-weathered visitors from the heart of the Texas plains, dressed in their blankets and buckskins, befeathered and trinketed, arrived at the capital city's Globe Hotel and took up residence there 1991, Stan Hoig, “A Visit to Washington”, in Jesse Chisholm, Ambassador of the Plains, Niwot, Colo.: University Press of Colorado, →ISBN, page 85:
   • Oh! those were good Dame Nature’s times! / How memories sweet o’er-swarm us, / Ere wasp-like forms were girt around / With ‘bustles’ so enormous; / When modest arms were never bared / And trinketed for show, / Nor ever left their hiding-place, / Save to be hid in dough! 1847 June, “an ‘old school’ bard” [pseudonym], “The Good Old Times”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume XXIX, number 6, New York, N.Y.: John Allen, […], →OCLC, page 498:
   • The Girls for sale are apparelled in a sumptuous manner, bathed, perfumed, and trinketed out for their [rich persons'] Private View; and their Captors seek to render 'em docile by giving 'em plenty of Sweetmeats. As if the intolerable pangs of Slavery were to be allayed by Lollipops! 1863, George Augustus Sala, “Of My Service under the Great Turk as Bashaw; of My Adventures in Russia and Other Countries; and of My Coming Home at Last and Buying My Grandmother’s House (which is Now Mine) in Hanover Square”, in The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous: […], volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 306:

Forms

Deriveds

trinketed · trinketer

Translations (3)

fi koristella helyin (to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets) · pl ozdobić (to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets) · pl ozdabiać (to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets)

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trinket en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪŋkət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From trink (“(UK, dialectal, especially Scotland) channel, watercourse; trench”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Scots trink. Trink is possibly derived from Occitan trencque, trenque (Picardy), from Old French trenche, tranche (“trench”) (modern French tranche), from trenchier (“to cut”); further etymology uncertain, possibly: * from Latin truncāre, the present active infinitive of truncō (“to maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; to truncate”), from truncus (“tree trunk; piece cut off”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- (“to carve; to cut off, trim”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs); or * from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“to cut into three parts”), from Latin tri- (prefix meaning ‘three’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + duplicāre (“to double by dividing, split in two, tear”); possibly also influenced by Gaulish *trincare (“to cut off (the head)”).

Meanings

1. (Ireland, Northern-Ireland, Scotland) A narrow or small watercourse.
   • It must have been about the same moment that a smack drew through the fine mist in the Firth [of Forth], and, sailing up the trinket, landed Provost Trail on the east pier-head. 1901 September, [David Storrar Meldrum], “The Conquest of Charlotte. Part I.—My Legacy of Family History. Chapter VII.—The Mackerel Election (continued).”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXX, number MXXXI, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 362, column 1:

Forms

Hypernyms

trifle · ornament · unimportance

Relateds

curio · swag · schwag

Synonyms

gewgaw · tat · trangam · whim-wham · fandangle · bric-a-brac · tchotchke · mathom · novelty · trinket · knick-knack · fizgig · folderol · kickshaw · fangle · bauble

trinket en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪŋkət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Origin uncertain, possibly: * from trinket (“small, showy ornament; thing of little value”) (see etymology 1); or * borrowed from Welsh trànked.

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, qualifier:chiefly Cheshire; Lancashire; chiefly Cheshire; Lancashire) A small vessel for drinking from; a cup, a mug, a porringer.
   • Mrs. Bargrave asked her, vvhether ſhe vvould not drink ſome Tea. Says Mrs. Veal, I do not care if I do: But I'le VVarrant this Mad Fellovv (meaning Mrs. Bargraves Husband,) has broke all your Trinckets. 1706, [attributed to Daniel Defoe], A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal, the Next Day after Her Death: […], London: […] B. Bragg, […], →OCLC, page 7:

Forms

Hypernyms

trifle · ornament · unimportance

Relateds

curio · swag · schwag

Synonyms

gewgaw · tat · trangam · whim-wham · fandangle · bric-a-brac · tchotchke · mathom · novelty · trinket · knick-knack · fizgig · folderol · kickshaw · fangle · bauble

trinket en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪŋkət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes Probably from French trinquet (“foremast; sail attached to a foremast”), from Italian trinchetto (“small sail, especially a foresail”), possibly from Latin triquetrus (“three-cornered, triangular”) (referring to a three-cornered sail), from tri- (prefix meaning ‘three’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Cognates * Catalan trinquet, triquete * French trinquet, trinquette * Italian trinchetto * Portuguese traquete * Spanish trinquete, trinquetilla

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A small sail, specifically, a three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
   • And the farther we went, the more the winds increaſed, ſo that they put vs to great diſtreſſe, ſayling alwayes with the ſheates of maineſaile and trinket warily in our hands, and with great diligence we looſed the ties of all the ſailes, to ſaue them the better, that the wind might not charge them too vehemently. 1600, Iohn Baptista Ramusio [i.e., Giovanni Battista Ramusio], “The First and Second Discouery of the Gulfe of California, […] Chap[ter] 15. They Goe on Land in the Isle of Cedars, and Take Diuers Wilde Beasts, and Refresh and Solace Themselues. […].”, in Richard Hakluyt, transl., The Third and Last Volume of the Voyages, Nauigations, Traffiques, and Discoueries of the English Nation, […], 2nd edition, London: […] George Bishop, Ralfe Newberie, and Robert Barker, →OCLC, page 422:
   • [H]ee ſet up the trinkets or ſmall ſailes, meaning to make vvay into the deepe, commanding them that follovved ſtill, to make head, and direct their provvs againſt the right vving neere the land. 1600, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXXVI]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 943:

Forms

Hypernyms

trifle · ornament · unimportance

Relateds

curio · swag · schwag

Synonyms

gewgaw · tat · trangam · whim-wham · fandangle · bric-a-brac · tchotchke · mathom · novelty · trinket · knick-knack · fizgig · folderol · kickshaw · fangle · bauble

trinket en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪŋkət/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtɹɪŋkɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Scots trinket, trincket; further origin unknown, possibly related to: * trinket (“item used in a religious rite (also, a religious rite, belief, etc.) regarded as superfluous or trivial”) (see etymology 1); or * trick (noun) or trick (verb).

Meanings

1. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To act in a secret, and often dishonest, way; to have secret, and often dishonest, dealings; to intrigue, to scheme.
   • But although I be bound especially to abhor all trafficking or trinketing with Papists, yet I will not stand in the way of a tender conscience. 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], volume II (The Surgeon’s Daughter), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 45:
   • And if any one aſkes me, hovv? and if I be of their Cabinet Council? I ſhall onely ſmile, perceiving they doe not knovv me. I am far from that, or having ever to doe vvith Kings or States in that kind, or pragmatically trinketing vvith State affaires, it being a Rule vvhich I live by, never to aſke great men mercy. 1673, H. I. [pseudonym; Joseph Hill], “Sect[ion] 10. Compliance with England the Onely Meanes of the Commonwealths Continuation.”, in The Interest of These United Provinces. Being a Defence of the Zeelanders Choice. […], Middelburg, Zeeland: […] Thomas Berry, […], →OCLC:
   • All this I was ready to do for a woman, who trinkets and traffics with my worst foes! 1821 January 8, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Kenilworth; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, […]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 210:
   • [T]he Pharisees were men of business, and that in a very eminent manner, as appears by their behaviour both in the court of Queen [Salome] Alexandra, and afterwards in the court of Herod [the Great]; where by their tricks and trinketing between party and party, and their intriguing it with courtiers and court-ladies, they had upon the matter set the whole court together by the ears; […] a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “Sermon I. The Ill Consequences of Misapplying the Words Good and Evil.”, in Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], new edition, volume III, London: […] Thomas Tegg, […], published 1843, →OCLC, page 12:
   • [I]t had been better the auld Monkshaugh had withstood the Enemy, and dared the warst, rather than have trinketed and melled wi' witch women for rescue of life or limb. 1827, [Christian Isobel Johnstone], “The Visiter”, in Elizabeth de Bruce. […], volume I, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC, page 370:

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