n. 25B6; noun
we needn't bother the headmaster over such trifles : UNIMPORTANT THING, trivial thing, triviality, thing of no importance/consequence, bagatelle, inessential, nothing; technicality; ( trifles ) trivia, minutiae.
he bought it for a trifle : NEXT TO NOTHING, very small amount; pittance; informal peanuts; N. Amer. informal chump change.
he went to buy a few trifles for Christmas : BAUBLE, trinket, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, toy.
25A0; a trifle A LITTLE, a bit, somewhat, a touch, a spot, a mite, a whit; informal a tad.
25A0; trifle with PLAY WITH, amuse oneself with, toy with, dally with, flirt with, play fast and loose with; informal mess about with; dated sport with.