单词 | fewtrils |
释义 | fewtrilsn. Originally English regional (Lancashire). Now rare. With plural agreement. Small or trivial things; knick-knacks. Cf. fattrels n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > collectively fiddle-faddle1577 fry1587 small beer1620 pigs and whistles1681 trantlesa1689 rattletrap1742 fewtrils1763 fritter1803 nugae1822 small beer1844 trick1877 trivia1902 1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) (Gloss.) Fewtrils, little Things. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times i. xi. 85 ‘I ha' gotten decent fewtrils about me agen.’ ?1857 J. Scholes Tim Gamwattle's Jawnt vi. 28 Peg ad hur hoppet ov hur arm wi hur odd fewtrils. 1900 Fortn. Rev. May 835 The current fervour of proselytising the Mohammedan, combined with the ‘incidental’ sale of cheap fewtrils at enormous profit. 2010 S. Froderberg Old Border Road vi. 166 The handwritten note was found..in a drawer of the daughter's bureau among a gather of keepsakes and fewtrils, with other remembrances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763 |
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