Skerrick vs Trifle - What's the difference?
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(British) A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative and chiefly in British and Australian English.
* 2007, Kennedy Warne, Blue Haven , National Geographic (April 2007), 74,
An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
An insignificant amount.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Anything that is of little importance or worth.
* Shakespeare
* Drayton
A particular kind of pewter.
(uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
To inconsequentially toy with something.
To squander or waste.
Skerrick is a related term of trifle.
As nouns the difference between skerrick and trifle
is that skerrick is (british) a very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative and chiefly in british and australian english while trifle is an english dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.As a verb trifle is
to deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.skerrick
English
Noun
(en noun)- "And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was".
trifle
English
Noun
citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy. Strictly speaking, he ought to have been following up the picket–boat, but he was satisfied that the circumstances were sufficiently urgent for him to take risks.}}
- Trifles light as air / Are to the jealous confirmation strong / As proofs of holy writ.
- with such poor trifles playing