Definitions for Trifles
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1. triflesnoun

   Plural form of trifle.

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1. trifles

   Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. In the original performance, Glaspell played the role of Mrs. Hale. The play is frequently anthologized in American literature textbooks. Written during the first wave feminist movement, the play contrasts how women act in public and in private as well as how they perform in front of other women versus how they perform in front of men.

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1. Trifles

   Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell. Her short story, "A Jury of Her Peers", was adapted from the play a year after its debut. It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts on August 8, 1916. In the original play, Glaspell played the role of one of the characters, Mrs. Hale. It is frequently anthologized in American literature textbooks.

Anagrams for Trifles »

1. filters

2. filtres

3. frislet

4. lifters

5. stifler

How to pronounce Trifles?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Trifles in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Trifles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Trifles in a Sentence

1. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   He who esteems trifles for themselves is a trifler; he who esteems them for the conclusions to be drawn from them, or the advantage to which they can be put, is a philosopher.

2. William Shakespeare:

   And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence.

3. Joseph Addison:

   What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

4. Michelangelo:

   Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.

5. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   When we trace to their source the most important circumstances of our life, in what trifles have they originated ! — a look, a word, are the ministers of fate.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifles
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Trifles