trifler

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Novels like Miss Sprague's "Earnest Trifler," Du Maurier's "Trilby," and Wallace's "Ben Hur" have had their little day, and been forgotten.

From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John

Becher contends for Galileo, and states that one Trifler made the first pendulum clock at Florence, under the direction of Galileo Galilei, and that a model of it was sent to Holland.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831 by Various

Oh, Mr. Westrip, I wish you'd try to find the last number of the Trifler.

From The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir