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Word: trifler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brown's definition: "A human trifler, a man of straw and self-conceit ... in the popinjay class ... To call a man a niffle is to put him in his place, which is next to nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 14, 1951 | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

Niffle meant a "human trifler, a man of straw and self-conceit ... in the popinjay class ... To call a man a niffle is to put him in his place, which is next to nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Rescue for Lost Words | 4/30/1951 | See Source »

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