Whatever hunger, disappointment, or petty quarrel happened during the week it was forgotten on Sunday.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
It was a trumpery cause,-I forget what; a suit about some petty bill of exchange.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Just the same petty little lives lived in the same petty little way, day in and day out.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower