All 4 Uses of
trifle
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- The lesser rings were only essays in the craft before it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they were but trifles — yet still to my mind dangerous for mortals.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- He was perhaps a trifle annoyed with Tom for seeming to make so light of what even Gandalf thought so perilously important.†
Chpt 1.7
- It is but a trifle that Sauron fancies, and an earnest of your good will.†
Chpt 2.2
- What shall we do with the Ring, the least of rings, the trifle that Sauron fancies?†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity