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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | small beer, trivia, triviality |
| Type of | physical object, object |
| Has types | frivolity, bagatelle, frippery, fluff |
trifle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away |
| Type of | expend, spend, drop |
| Derivation | trifling |
trifle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | triviality |
| Type of | point, detail, item |
trifle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pud, pudding |
| Has types | tipsy cake |
Examples of trifle
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Surely compared to that, an individual health insurance mandate is but a trifle.
From the economist.com
Her face, if possible, grew a little more livid, her eyes a trifle more piteous.
From the gutenberg.org
As long as there's fruit, wet sponge, custard and cream involved, it's a trifle.
From the guardian.co.uk
Written by Szabo and playwright Israel Horovitz, Sunshine is a trifle schematic.
From the time.com
Place half the brownies in bottom of a trifle dish or large glass serving bowl.
From the sacbee.com
When it comes to the visual arts, Ackroyd's assessments can be a trifle quirky.
From the latimes.com
This is one of those days when it's to your advantage to be a trifle assertive.
From the kansas.com
Dessert will be black pepper chocolate torte or strawberry banana bread trifle.
From the al.com
Dessert options include sticky toffee pudding, apple crumble and a sherry trifle.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- Piddle: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
- Frivol: act frivolously
- Technicality: a detail that is considered insignificant
- Triviality: something of small importance
- Dally: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
- A bit: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller"
- A trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or gelatin, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers with fruit and sponge on the bottom, and custard and cream on top.
- Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted from the play a year after its debut. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts on August 8, 1916. ...
