But when-when you put your arm around me-I just thought-well, I just thought how grand and noble you are and how trifling and insignificant I am.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
The trifling fact pleased him.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
"I tell you, madam," cried he, fiercely, "this, is no time for trifling or deception.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever