Etymology

trinkum-trankum

Today it means: A trinket. Full definition →

Latin -um
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  1. Latin · derived from-um
  2. English todaytrinkum-trankum

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from a humorous reduplication of trinket with Latin -um.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.