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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trifle/ˈtrʌɪfl/
▶noun
- 1 a thing of little value or importance.
■ a small amount.
- 2 Brit. a cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream.
- 1 (trifle with) treat without seriousness or respect.
- 2 archaic talk or act frivolously.
– derivatives
trifler noun.
trifler noun.
– origin ME: noun from OFr. trufle, by-form of trufe ‘deceit’; verb from OFr. truffler ‘mock, deceive’.
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