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Twist :: Twist (n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

Boyish :: Boyish (a.) Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.

Kickshaws :: Kickshaws (n.) Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy..

Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men..

Fangle :: Fangle (v. t.) Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

Paltry :: Paltry (superl.) Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold..

Light :: Light (superl.) Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial..

Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.

Dalliance :: Dalliance (n.) The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play..

Sabot :: Sabot (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling..

Tittle-tattle :: Tittle-tattle (n.) An idle, trifling talker; a gossip..

Popinjay :: Popinjay (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..

Airy :: Airy (a.) Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.

Twaddy :: Twaddy (n.) Idle trifling; twaddle.

Stick-seed :: Stickler (v. t.) One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony..

Rifling :: Rifling (n.) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.

Quiddle :: Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle..

Peddlery :: Peddlery (n.) Trifling; trickery.

Scrapepenny :: Scrapepenny (n.) One who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.

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