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Shilly-shally :: Shilly-shally (v. i.) To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles..

Palter :: Palter (v. t.) To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or on worthless things.

Whitworth Gun :: Whitworth gun () A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England..

Dawdle :: Dawdle (v. i.) To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

Fribbler :: Fribbler (n.) A trifler; a fribble.

Snapper :: Snapper (n.) One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip..

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..

Trick :: Trick (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

Nidgery :: Nidgery (n.) A trifle; a piece of foolery.

Wanton :: Wanton (n.) A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment..

Doodle :: Doodle (n.) A trifler; a simple fellow.

Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To trifle or play.

Random :: Random (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball..

Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.

Nonsense :: Nonsense (n.) Trifles; things of no importance.

Polygrooved :: Polygrooved (a.) Having many grooves; as, a polygrooved rifle or gun (referring to the rifling)..

Pococurante :: Pococurante (n.) A careless person; a trifler.

Gewgaw :: Gewgaw (n.) A showy trifle; a toy; a splendid plaything; a pretty but worthless bauble.

Armory :: Armory (n.) A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords..

Dawdler :: Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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