trifler
- a word derived from trifle.
Example Sentences
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A moment later Dr. Guerrero, cowed trifler with gentlemen's agreements, rose and in a scarcely audible voice withdrew his resolution.
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A hardhearted trifler by inclination, Trav has fallen deeply in love this time around.
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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.
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Suddenly, it seemed, he was no more than an arch and interminably garrulous trifler.
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Johnson says it is the proper emblem of a busy trifler, because it skips up and down upon the surface of the water without any apparent purpose.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
