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Meaning of PIFFLING

Pronunciation:  'pifleeng

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 Definition: [adj]  (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
 
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 Synonyms: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, trivial, unimportant
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: jerkwater, measly, Mickey Mouse, niggling, one-horse, peddling, pettifogging, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, pimping, poky, punk, puny, small-beer, small-time, tinhorn, trifling, trivial, two-bit, two-by-four
 

 

 

 

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