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noun
- An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- An insignificant amount.
- A detail or thing of little importance or worth.
- A particular kind of pewter.
- (uncountable) utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
- See a trifle
Translations: - Italian: zuppa inglese (not the same thing, but a similar Italian dessert)
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(trans-top, insignificant amount)
verb (trifl, ing)
- (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
- (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
- (transitive) To squander or waste.
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