All 8 Uses of
trifle
in
Sister Carrie
- He had stopped his trifling before the mirror now and crossed over to her.†
Chpt 14 (definition 1) *
- "So you can stay here and trifle around with some one else?" she exclaimed, turning to him a determined countenance upon which was drawn a sharp and wrathful sneer.†
Chpt 22 (definition 1)
- "You may trifle around with him if you want to, but you can't lead me.†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- He trifled about, hoping that she was somewhere in the neighborhood and would soon return.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- Each waiter added an air of exclusiveness and elegance by the manner in which he bowed, scraped, touched, and trifled with things.†
Chpt 32 (definition 2) *
- He enjoyed its risks and ventured, on a trifling hand, to bluff the company and secure a fair stake.†
Chpt 36 (definition 1)
- As the drilling proceeded, he seemed to wax exceedingly wroth over trifles, and to increase his lung power in proportion.†
Chpt 38 (definition 1)
- He said so little that she imagined he had encountered nothing worse than the ordinary roughness—quitting so soon in the face of this seemed trifling.†
Chpt 42 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (trifle as in: a trifling matter) something of small importance; or a small quantity
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(2) (trifle with as in: trifle with her affections) to treat somebody or something thoughtlessly or without respect