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Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently.

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Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously.

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Examples for "trifle"
Examples for "trifle"
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Never less than clear, but... perhaps... perfectly clear but a trifle sketchy?
Drood: a novel
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Poppy is a trifle more particular about the soil it grows in.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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Sometimes I think he stretches the limits of the law a trifle.
One for the money
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The sole of the shoe was a trifle larger than the footprints.
The Abandoned Room
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Blanche leaned back in the steamer chair and turned a trifle pale.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
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Pirate, my Jack Russell terrier, tended to piddle at the first sign of trouble.
The accidental demon slayer
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We can always take you back to the couch, and you can piddle yourself.
You can't stop me
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Anthony nodded and, suddenly remembering those spew-tits and piddle-warblers of the Bulstrode days, imperceptibly smiled.
Eyeless in Gaza
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Is it only piddle draining out of her now?
The Guardian
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It was as though those piddle-warblers had never existed.
Eyeless in Gaza
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Sixty per cent of the water used in farming is needlessly piddled away by careless irrigation.
The Guardian
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To trifle away time is indeed to be the greatest of spendthrifts.
How to Live a Holy Life
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You succeed in nothing, sir; unstable as water, you trifle away all existence.
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science —...
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But I didn't hear the words I moved a trifle away.
Beyond the Vanishing Point
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How am I to bring up my children if I trifle away my time?
L'Assommoir
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She dropped her eyes, leaning a trifle away from him.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain

Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.

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Occurring without motivation or provocation.

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Ús de wanton en anglès
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Added to this, the Wallack takes an actual pleasure in wanton destruction.
Round About the Carpathians
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Not to be slack and negligent; or loose, and wanton in thy
Meditations
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Sometimes I spy her afar off; but the wanton comes and goes.
Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
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And there will remain only the wanton soul in the virgin body.'
The Magician
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Did it make me a wanton to hope he might compliment me?
Lily of the Nile
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Yes, the ANC has been embattled by wanton corruption, nepotism and factionalism.
The South African
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God forgive me for that wanton crime; he lived only two hours.
Mark Twain's Speeches
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Show the wanton satyrs what kind of blood you have in you.
The Goose Man
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We feast the wanton who is wise and bracket Marguerite with Messalina.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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The love of Nothus makes her frisk about like a wanton she-goat.
The Works of Horace
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In it, along with much wanton cruelty, was displayed much excellent heroism.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol....
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In his wanton presence, all logic was lost, all outcomes were imaginable.
The Irish Times
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I will part with anything but lust and pride, saith the wanton.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
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Now the distant waves rise, and wanton and play, pure and lucid.
Rattlin the Reefer
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But it is wanton killing off that I am speaking of to-night.
Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador / An Address Presented by Lt.-Col...
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Those wanton gospellers, the pigeons yonder, Are now the only Sabbath-breakers left.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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