Meaning of trinkum-trankum | Babel Free

Definitions

A trinket.

dialectal, obsolete, slang

Examples

“But Toralva, having a long noſe, ſoon ſmelt his deſign, and then what does ſhe do, think ye, but comes after him bare-foot and bare-legg’d, with a pilgrim’s ſtaff in her hand, and a wallet at her back, wherein they ſay ſhe carry’d a piece of looking-glaſs, half a comb, a broken pot with paint, and I don’t know what other trinkums trankums to prink herſelf up.”

“I believe you may buy those trinkum, trankum ornaments for Mariane whenever you please.”

“But, shaf o’ sec odd trinkum-trankums! / Thur hawf-witted varmen bang aw: / They’d freeten aul Nick, sud tey meet him— / A dandy’s just fit for a show!”

“What then could be said for her singing Italian songs, and getting all the newest from Vauxhall in London, a box-ful at a time, with new novel-books, and trinkum-trankum flowers and feathers, and sweetmeats, sent to her by a lady of the blood royal of Paris?”

“[…] cheap gun shops, trinkum-trankum shops; […]”

“[…] now and then they would superstition, that should either party prove perhaps throw even a glittering bracelet and inconstant, it will change its blue colour to a trinkum trankum ormolu trifles, perhaps some green one.”

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