† ˈtrankum Obs.
Also trancum.
[Altered form of trinkum, as in the reduplicated trinkum-trankum: perh. influenced by trangum. Chiefly used by Scott.]
A personal ornament; a trinket.
| 1819 Blackw. Mag. V. 209 I'd be troubled to put on my trancums. 1822 Scott Nigel xxi, Come, my good boy,..never mind these trankums. 1824 ― St. Ronan's xviii, That shawl must be had for Clara, with the other trankums of muslin and lace, and so forth. 1829 ― Doom Devorgoil iii. i, I had much ado To get these trankums on. |