Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRI'FLE, n. [It coincides with trivial, – which see.]

1. A thing of very little value or importance; a word applicable to any thing and every thing of this character. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Moments make the year, and trifles, life. Young. Trifles / Are to the jealous confirmations strong. Shak.
2. A cake.