The trinkets he used to keep in a little box on his dressing-table we children always used to speak of as "treasures.". From LearnThat.org. [Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919). 26th United States President. Source: An Autobiography. 1913.]
Buy the overpriced trinket from the police charity — or get the ticket. From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: UM Opens a New Online Store] Reference
Have you bought the mandatory silver and turquoise trinket from a street peddler yet?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The View From Your Breakfast] Reference
Once the cache is discovered, it is traditional for finders to choose a trinket from the box and to leave something behind. From Wordnik.com. [Garmin Chirp gives you an edge in geocaching] Reference
Oh no barbarian, this trinket was a gift from a soldier. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference
Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?. From Wordnik.com. [Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76 An Incident of the Revolution] Reference
The evidence about the bank robbery was compelling, but that little trinket from the boyfriend hardened everyone’s heart. From Wordnik.com. [Girl, Interrupted] Reference
Could they add a brand-name trinket that Anna gives Gray as a good-luck charm, something like a bottle opener from her bar, he asked. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
Could they add a brand-name trinket that Anna gives Mr. Gray as a good-luck charm, something like a bottle opener from her bar, he asked. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
If he didn't bring her a gift each time he saw her, any kind of trinket, she swelled up with affront. From Wordnik.com. [Texas! Lucky]
A knight who had gained such honour and applause should wear her favour, and without the thought that the trinket was a heart. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes] Reference
The one at bottom right is a "trinket" box - a really small, plush-lined box made to hold any kind of special little item. From Wordnik.com. [Weddingbee] Reference
I suppose I need to pick up some trinket for Barack. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Ingraham: Diary of First Lady Michelle Obama -- Marbella, Spain Vacation] Reference
From your victim some trinket to handsel first blood. From Wordnik.com. [How the Flag Became Old Glory] Reference
It cares not how you fare merely a trinket to compare?. From Wordnik.com. [Rhyme and Reason Volume Two] Reference
He picked up the magical trinket and raised it up to his face. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.6: Step into the Squared Circle] Reference
So Badhild gave the trinket to the girl and bade her take it to. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of All Nations Famous Stories from the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian and other sources] Reference
I suppose I need to pick up some trinket for Barack's birthday. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Ingraham: Diary of First Lady Michelle Obama -- Marbella, Spain Vacation] Reference
That's not just a trinket on her finger, that's a rock, a fortress. From Wordnik.com. [Not Even] Reference
I did not even bribe them with the promise of a new and shiny trinket. From Wordnik.com. [Amy Domestico: Cleaning Your Silver Lining] Reference
She gave me the gaudy, gift-shop trinket as a memento of our interview. From Wordnik.com. [Avril Lavigne: This Girl Rocks] Reference
So Badhild gave the trinket to the girl and bade her take it to Wayland. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
"And what's this?" looking at the other trinket which hung on the chain. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
It did not avail, for she would hot move till she received some trinket. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
When the last trinket was out she turned her attention to the box itself. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
Since I have seen her last, good fortune may have brought her the trinket. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Mrs. O'Brien had never owned any trinket of more value than her wedding ring!. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
Oryn nodded to Anna and her colleague removed the trinket out of the tin box. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.3: Five Months Later...] Reference
He allowed this only as a curious trinket, and on account of its local color. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Rather at her bidding, and with a small trinket that she gave to me at parting. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III.] Reference
Whether it was their sort of CAPTCHA, or a trinket test of merit, I don't know yet. From Wordnik.com. [Forgetfulness] Reference
'Before I say farewell, perchance for ever, is this thy shrine, this trinket thine?'. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
I didn't buy any merch but I did walk out with a nice little trinket -- the flyer above. From Wordnik.com. [Riffs: Best show flyer of the year?] Reference
She slid her bracelet onto her wrist and looked at the teal jewel embedded on the trinket. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.8: Realization] Reference
"I'm going to hide my new bracelet," and she looked at the sparkling trinket on her wrist. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem] Reference
Elsa tried to take the trinket, but she could neither rise nor reach the outstretched hand. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
She reached for her brooch to call Tsubasa, but she found her trinket was not on her blouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.6: Step into the Squared Circle] Reference
Walking casually along, she hands off a simple trinket that contains a telephone hotline number. From Wordnik.com. [Free The Slaves: An American Survivor of Sex Trafficking Helps Others to Freedom] Reference
Dorothy had a locket and chain, but Tavia had hardly ever expected to own such a costly trinket. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
So fearful was I that it would escape your memory, that I thought I would send you this little trinket by way of reminder. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
In the early days, the full-bloods were in the habit of burying with the body some favorite trinket or article of personal adornment. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
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