trifles

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For a time he wrote a column, Trifles & Baubles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trifles such as a deep freezer and a vicuna coat tainted the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations with charges of petty graft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Trifles, you may say; they certainly are trifles—but what a grave symptom the attaching of so much importance to trifles is!

From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne

Trifles loom large in college life, its critics say.

From Talks to Freshman Girls by Brown, Helen Dawes

However, I am very sorry I have none of those curious Trifles for your Diversion, but I have delicate Hobby Horses and Rattles if you please.

From The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) by Dodsley, Robert