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trifle

trahy fuhl

  • n  a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
  • n  a detail that is considered insignificant
  • n  something of small importance
  • v  waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
  • v  act frivolously
  • v  consider not very seriously

  • Shelly gave birth to a healthy daughter weighing a trifle over six pounds.
  • After victory, the political party organized huge celebration and the fanfare was a trifle excessive.
  • Their attitude toward modern life is much the same both are tolerant, interested, but a trifle surprised at some of its phases, perhaps a trifle withdrawn from it.
News & Articles

  • E. Oregon fire fears not eased by May rain
    BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — A soggy end to May made Eastern Oregon's drought look a trifle less dire on paper, but Jason Simmons isn't worried about paper. He's worried about cheatgrass, and sagebrush, and junipers, and pines and firs -- all primed to burn due to this year's unusually dry start.
    June 7, 2013 - KTVZ Bend
  • Fire managers worry about fire season
    By Jayson Jacoby/Baker City Herald BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) â A soggy end to May made Eastern Oregon's drought look a trifle less dire on paper, but Jason Simmons isn't worried about paper. He's worried about cheatgrass. And sagebrush and junipers and pines and firs. ...
    June 7, 2013 - KTVL Medford
Quotes

  • Mike Wallace in CNNMoney.com
    I've often replied, when asked, 'I'll retire when my toes turn up',Wallace said in a statement. "Well, they're just beginning to curl a trifle, which means that, as I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and...
  • Terry Pratchett in Channel 4 News
    Pratchett said: "It's a strange life when you 'come out' - people get embarrassed, lower their voices and get lost for words. When Milton's Satan stood in the pit of hell and raged at heaven, he was merely a trifle miffed compared to how I felt on...
  • Jon Stewart in AlterNet
    It's a trifle, it's nothing,Stewart said. "There's so many other things to talk about: Iraq, the collapse of some of our most prestigious financial institutions......right?"

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