All 8 Uses

trifle
in
Sister Carrie
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He had stopped his trifling before the mirror now and crossed over to her.†
Chpt 14 *
He trifled about, hoping that she was somewhere in the neighborhood and would soon return.†
Chpt 26
Each waiter added an air of exclusiveness and elegance by the manner in which he bowed, scraped, touched, and trifled with things.†
Chpt 32 *

trifled with = treated thoughtlessly or without respect
He enjoyed its risks and ventured, on a trifling hand, to bluff the company and secure a fair stake.†
Chpt 36
As the drilling proceeded, he seemed to wax exceedingly wroth over trifles, and to increase his lung power in proportion.†
Chpt 38

trifles = things of small importance
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
"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
You may trifle around with him if you want to, but you can't lead me.†
Chpt 23

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.