local. [dim. of TRINK sb.3: see -ET.] A small or narrow channel or watercourse.
1880. Antrim & Down Gloss., Trinket, a small artificial water-course.
1888. H. C. Hart, in N. & Q., 7th Ser. VI. 372/2. Trinket … is used about Dublin and also in the northern counties, with the sense of ‘a little stream or watercourse by the roadside.’
1901. Blackw. Mag., Sept., 362/1. 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.
