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• trifle — I n. a mere trifle II v. (d; intr.) to trifle with * * * [ traɪf(ə)l] (d; intr.) to trifle with a mere trifle …   Combinatory dictionary

• trifle — [[t]tra͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] trifles, trifling, trifled 1) PHRASE: PHR adj/adv/prep (vagueness) You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order make something you say seem less extreme. As a photographer, he d found both… …   English dictionary

• trifle — I UK [ˈtraɪf(ə)l] / US noun Word forms trifle : singular trifle plural trifles 1) [countable/uncountable] a sweet food eaten especially in the UK, made from cake covered with fruit or jelly, cold custard, and sometimes cream 2) [countable] old… …   English dictionary

• trifle — tri|fle1 [ traıfl ] noun 1. ) count OLD FASHIONED something that is not very important: a mere trifle 2. ) count or uncount a sweet food eaten especially in the U.K., made from cake covered with fruit or GELATIN, cold CUSTARD, and sometimes cream …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• trifle — trifle, toy, dally, flirt, coquet can all mean to deal with a person or thing without seriousness, earnestness, close attention, or purpose. Trifle, the most comprehensive term of the group, may be used interchangeably with any of the others,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• trifle — Synonyms and related words: Charlotte, Danish pastry, French pastry, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, abandon, bagatelle, baklava, bauble, be foolish, be stupid, bean, beguile the time, bibelot, bill and coo, bit, blintz, brass… …   Moby Thesaurus

• mere nothing — Synonyms and related words: a little thing, bagatelle, hardly anything, inessential, insignificancy, marginal matter, matter of indifference, minor matter, naught, next to nothing, nihility, no great matter, nothing, nothing in particular,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• The Natural Economic Order — is the most famous book of Silvio Gesell. PUBLISHED REFERENCES TO GESELL S THEORY John Maynard Keynes: General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936): Gesell s main book is written in cool, scientific language; though it is suffused… …   Wikipedia

• Man of straw — Straw Straw, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre[ a]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a]. [root]166. See {Strew}.] 1. A stalk or stem of certain species… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Straw — Straw, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre[ a]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a]. [root]166. See {Strew}.] 1. A stalk or stem of certain species of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Longest word in English — The identity of the longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the English language, as well as how length should be compared. In addition to words derived naturally from the language s roots (without any… …   Wikipedia