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单词 fewtrils
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fewtrilsn.

Brit. /ˈfjuːtrᵻlz/, U.S. /ˈfjutrəlz/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fattrels n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of fattrels n. (although this is first attested later, and is apparently not found outside Scots).
Originally English regional (Lancashire). Now rare.
With plural agreement. Small or trivial things; knick-knacks. Cf. fattrels n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > collectively
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small beer1620
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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).
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