TRINKET

[trin.ket] n [origin unknown] (ca. 1533) 1: a small ornament (as a jewel or ring)

2: a small article of equipment

3: a thing of little value: trifle

[2]trinket vi [perh. fr. [1]trinket] (1646): to deal clandestinely: intrigue -- trin.ket.er n