trifle away


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Verb1.trifle away - spend wastefullytrifle away - spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"
wanton away, wanton
expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
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trifle

noun
1. Something or things that are unimportant:
fiddle-faddle, frippery, frivolity, froth, minutia, nonsense, small change, small potatoes, trivia, triviality.
2. A small showy article:
bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, novelty, toy, trinket, whatnot.
3. A tiny amount:
bit, crumb, dab, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, whit.
Chiefly British: spot.
verb
1. To treat lightly or flippantly:
dally, flirt, play, toy.
2. To move one's fingers or hands in a nervous or aimless fashion:
fiddle, fidget, fool, monkey, play, putter, tinker, toy, twiddle.
3. To make amorous advances without serious intentions:
coquet, dally, flirt, toy.
phrasal verb
trifle away
1. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work:
dawdle (away), fiddle away, idle (away), kill, waste, while (away), wile (away).
2. To spend (money) excessively and usually foolishly:
consume, dissipate, fool away, fritter away, riot away, squander, throw away, waste.
Slang: blow.
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w>trifle away

vt sep → vergeuden
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"There are more cafes in Paris than one, at which to trifle away an idle hour."
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Just as I got into the woods, he came up and told me to stop my cart, and that he would teach me how to trifle away my time, and break gates.
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