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Verb
/ˈtrīfəl/,
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trifles, plural;
  1. Treat (someone or something) without seriousness or respect
    • - he is not a man to be trifled with
    • - men who trifle with women's affections
  2. Talk or act frivolously
    • - we will not trifle—life is too short
  3. Waste something, esp. time, frivolously

Noun
  1. A thing of little value or importance
    • - we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles
  2. A small amount of something
    • - the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle
  3. A cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream

  1. a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
  2. piddle: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
  3. frivol: act frivolously
  4. technicality: a detail that is considered insignificant
  5. triviality: something of small importance
  6. dally: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
  7. a bit: to a small degree; somewhat; "it's a bit warm"; "felt a little better"; "a trifle smaller"
  8. A trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard, fruit, sponge cake, fruit juice or gelatin, and whipped cream. These ingredients are usually arranged in layers with fruit and sponge on the bottom, and custard and cream on top.
  9. Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted from the play a year after its debut. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts on August 8, 1916. ...
  10. An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream; An insignificant amount; Anything that is of little importance or worth; A particular kind of pewter; utensils made from this particular kind of pewter; To deal with something as if it were of ...
  11. A little
  12. What a stunning dessert the trifle makes with its multiple layers that delight our senses with so many colors, textures and flavors.  The English have enjoyed this dessert for over three centuries now. ...
  13. An English pudding composed of layers of stale sponge or pound cake, soaked in alcohol syrup, then covered with fresh fruits and vanilla custard or pastry cream. Like other desserts, it has many variations, using whipped cream, jam, jelly rolls, nuts, wine or sherry as its components.
  14. a confection of sponge cake with custard, jelly, fruit, cream, etc.
  15. An English dessert made in a deep bowl that is layered with liqueur soaked ladyfingers or sponge cake, jam or fruit, custard, and garnished with sweetened whipped cream and sliced almonds.
  16. A cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake and fruit. Cream, chocolate and custard are usually added. Served in a glass dish where the layers are visible.
  17. Dish of cream boiled with various ingredients.
  18. A second-course dish, composed of sponge-cake, macaroons, fruit-jams, custard, whipped cream, brandy and other liqueurs.
  19. (Pewter) Common pewter, 83 parts tin to 17 antimony.
  20. 1918 , crayon, aquarelle, 35x26 cm.
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  22. thing of slight value or importance; small amount
  23. An English dessert of cake and custard usually soaked in wine, liquor, fruit or jam. (pg 217)