All 9 Uses

trifle
in
Gone with the Wind
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Has he been trifling with you?†
Chpt 1.2 *

trifling with = treating thoughtlessly or without respect
The colonel would have wired earlier, but Charles, thinking his illness a trifling one, did not wish to have his family worried.†
Chpt 1.7 *
She did not know if the lack of mail service was the cause, or if he had merely trifled with her affections and then forgotten her.†
Chpt 3.29

trifled with = treated thoughtlessly or without respect
She looked poor white, shiftless, slovenly, trifling.†
Chpt 4.40
The black bombazine, with its puffed sleeves and princess lace collar, set off her white skin superbly, but it did make her look a trifle elderly.†
Chpt 1.5
When he came to call, his complete masculinity made Aunt Pitty's well-bred and ladylike house seem small, pale and a trifle fusty.†
Chpt 2.12
Show it to those who will lend an ear To the tale this trifle will tell Of Liberty, born of patriots' dream, Of a storm-cradled nation that fell.†
Chpt 3.30
Disappointment queerly stirring her, she opened her eyes a trifle and ventured a peep at him.†
Chpt 4.34
Scarlett trailed after him, somewhat at a loss, a trifle disappointed as at an unexpected anticlimax.†
Chpt 4.47

Definitions:

(1) (trifle as in: a trifling matter)
something of small importance; or a small quantity
(2) (trifle with as in: trifle with her affections)
to treat somebody or something thoughtlessly or without respect
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
A trifle can refer to a kind of dessert. In classic literature, trifling can be a synonym for small talk.