All 4 Uses of
trifle
in
Treasure Island
- At that I gave up all attempts at commentary and read straight on: Blandly himself found the HISPANIOLA, and by the most admirable management got her for the merest trifle.†
Chpt 7
- "A trifle more of that man," he would say, "and I shall explode."†
Chpt 10 *
- Yet, as I began to thread the grove that lies before it, I was not so thoughtless but that I slacked my pace and went a trifle warily.†
Chpt 27
- And as for number two, and why I made a bargain—well, you came crawling on your knees to me to make it—on your knees you came, you was that downhearted—and you'd have starved too if I hadn't—but that's a trifle!†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity