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Keep "mathom" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "mathom" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
7 total sentences available.
When the door of the mathom shop is closed and the Inhabitant leaves the print of his footsteps for a moment on the wooden stair, things pause. There is no movement, not even of time. The mathoms listen until, downstairs, carpets and rugs swallow the noises of living, [...]
Source: wiktionary
When packing, start with treasures such as vases and art objects (of course, these are now going into the mathom box, [...]) ... Now, when special occasions arise at which a gift would be appropriate, I search in our closet for a suitable mathom. I've also let my friends know that they are free to pass on (or possibly fob off) these "treasures" to someone else whenever appropriate.
Source: wiktionary
The first person to put a marker on a piece of land or ancestral mathom and say 'this is mine' was the first owner of capital, the first thief, the first magician.
Source: wiktionary
Inhabited by large families, smials are cluttered, full of 'mathoms' (gifts and artefacts that can never be thrown out, for sentimental, practical or thrifty reasons), throw-backs to the ancient English hall-house, built of sticks rather than bricks.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include trinket.
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