trifler

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Suddenly, it seemed, he was no more than an arch and interminably garrulous trifler.

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A moment later Dr. Guerrero, cowed trifler with gentlemen's agreements, rose and in a scarcely audible voice withdrew his resolution.

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A hardhearted trifler by inclination, Trav has fallen deeply in love this time around.

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No trifler with a magical pair of skis was about to steal a gold medal from Switzerland's hard man, big Peter Muller.

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There he was unstable, indecisive, happy-go-lucky, a trifler, a procrastinator; hopelessly unpractical himself, and what was much more tiresome, a consistent caviller at the practical in others.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.