trifle
/ˈtɹaɪfəl/ noun C2- An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- An insignificant amount of money.
- A very small amount (of something).
- A particular kind of pewter.
- Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
Plural trifles
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“Well, never mind that, neighbor Caderousse; it is not worthwhile to contradict me for such a trifle as that.
“Ah,” said the Marquise de Saint-Méran, a woman with a stern, forbidding eye, though still noble and distinguished in appearance, despite her fifty years—“ah, these revolutionists, who have driven us from those very possessions they afterwards purchased for a mere trifle during the Reign of Terror, would be compelled to own, were they here, that all true devotion was on our side, since we were content to follow the fortunes of a falling monarch, while they, on the contrary, made their fortune by worshipping the rising sun; yes, yes, they could not help admitting that the king, for whom we sacrificed rank, wealth, and station was truly our ‘Louis the well-beloved,’ while their wretched usurper has been, and ever will be, to them their evil genius, their ‘Napoleon the accursed.’ Am I not right, Villefort?”
“I have no time for trifles,” he answered, brusquely; then with a smile, “Excuse my rudeness.
It’s not a time to stick at trifles.
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