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piffling

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Piffle \Pif"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piffled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Piffling}.]
   To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk
   triflingly or ineffectively; to twaddle; piddle. [Dial. or
   Slang]

Source : WordNet®

piffling
     adj : (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
           sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
           lilliputian compared with those of countries that are
           at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse
           regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details";
           "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts";
           "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the
           law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: {fiddling},
            {footling}, {lilliputian}, {little}, {Mickey Mouse}, {niggling},
            {piddling}, {petty}, {picayune}, {trivial}]
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