All 3 Uses of
trifle
in
Heart of Darkness
- I had often 'a little fever,' or a little touch of other things—the playful paw-strokes of the wilderness, the preliminary trifling before the more serious onslaught which came in due course.†
Chpt 2
- Everything belonged to him—but that was a trifle.†
Chpt 2 *
- The heavens do not fall for such a trifle.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity