trifled

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Signs of a sharp laugh indicated either his cruel levity or that his presumptuous favourite trifled--and the man's talk could be droll, Lady Arpington knew: it had, she recollected angrily, diverted her, and softened her to tolerate the intruder into regions from which her class and her periods excluded the lowly born, except at the dinner-tables of stale politics and tattered scandal.

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  1. noun Something of little importance or value.
  2. noun A small amount; a jot.
  3. noun A dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake soaked in sherry, rum, or brandy and topped with layers of jam or jelly, custard, and whipped cream.
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  • If the traditional parliamentary time-table had not been interfered or trifled with, —  Planet Malaysia
  • Anything that's 'good in theory' only shouldn't be trifled with. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • SALT LAKE CITY - Rattlesnakes aren't to be trifled with, but if you're trying to collect the sound of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies or flops, distance isn't a luxury you can afford. —  seMissourian.com Headlines
  • My guess is that it would end up sending the Seals on a dead-end mission and they are not men to be trifled with. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Rattlesnakes aren't to be trifled with, but if you're trying to collect the sound of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies or flops, distance isn't a luxury you can afford. —  HappyNews - Top Stories
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