English to English adjective satellite
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(informal) small and of little importance | | Example: 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 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit. | | source: webster1913
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