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trifle away

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tri⋅fle

  [trahy-fuhl] noun, verb, -fled, -fling.
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–noun
1. an article or thing of very little value.
2. a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance.
3. a small, inconsiderable, or trifling sum of money.
4. a small quantity or amount of anything; a little: She's still a trifle angry.
5. a literary, musical, or artistic work of a light or trivial character having no great or lasting merit; bagatelle.
6. a kind of pewter of medium hardness.
7. trifles, articles made of this.
8. English Cookery. a dessert usually consisting of custard and cake soaked in wine or liqueur, and jam, fruit, or the like.
–verb (used without object)
9. to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect: Don't trifle with me!
10. to play or toy by handling or fingering: He sat trifling with a pen.
11. to act or talk in an idle or frivolous way.
12. to pass time idly or frivolously; waste time; idle.
–verb (used with object)
13. to pass or spend (time) idly or frivolously (usually fol. by away).
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME tru(f)fle idle talk, deceit < OF, var. of truf(f)e mockery, deceit; (v.) ME treoflen to mock < OF trufler to make sport of

Related forms:
trifler, noun

Synonyms:
1. bauble, toy. 13. fritter.
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Word Origin & History

trifle 
c.1225, trufle "false or idle tale," later "matter of little importance" (c.1290), from O.Fr. trufle "mockery," dim. of truffe "deception," of uncertain origin. The verb, in the sense of "treat lightly," is first attested 1523.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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