trifle
noun
an article or thing of very little value.
trifler
-
a word derived from
trifle.
Example Sentences
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A hardhearted trifler by inclination, Trav has fallen deeply in love this time around.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the trifler and the gossip it is merely a few hours' diversion, such as they can manufacture less cleverly and without so "big" names in their own drawing-rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
A moment later Dr. Guerrero, cowed trifler with gentlemen's agreements, rose and in a scarcely audible voice withdrew his resolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly, it seemed, he was no more than an arch and interminably garrulous trifler.
From Time Magazine Archive
The embroidered mantle, however, but ill concealed the trifler.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
