trifle away
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He merely closed his tired eyes and at the same time let his lower lip fall a trifle away from the upper, as his breath came brokenly between them.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
“Spooks,” echoed Ben, edging a trifle away from the open trap door.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Frank V. Webster
Do not let us trifle away the time in needless discourse, said she, interrupting me: I make no doubt of your sincerity, and you shall quickly be convinced of mine.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous
But though Fitzgerald had usually spent the summer months in travelling, he seemed perfectly contented to sing and doze and trifle away his time by Rosa's side, week after week.
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
A friend looking at the child of six said to his father, "You ought to send your boy to a public school, and not allow him to trifle away his time at home."
From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie
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