All 3 Uses of
trifle
in
The Merchant of Venice
- Go to; here's a simple line of life: here's a small trifle of wives; alas, fifteen wives is nothing; a'leven widows and nine maids is a simple coming-in for one man.†
Scene 2.2 *
- We trifle time; I pray thee, pursue sentence.†
Scene 4.1
- This ring, good sir? alas, it is a trifle; I will not shame myself to give you this.†
Scene 4.1
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity