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verb

Piffle v. i. (past & past part. piffled; pres. part. piffling)

To be sequeamish or delicate; hence, to act or talk triflingly or ineffectively; to talk nonsense or about trivial matters; to twaddle; piddle. (Dial. or Slang)

Synonyms: chatter, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble.

To act in a trivial or ineffective way.

noun

Piffle n. Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle. (Dial. or Slang) "Futile piffle.".

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Etymology of 'Piffle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Piffle" Quotes from Famous Books

... considerable social tendency—some comprehensive generalization—that includes and explains them all. The commander from his eminence saw all the combatants: he knew what the fight was about, and it always was about something worth while. Bronson Howard never dramatized piffle. ...

— The Autobiography of a Play - Papers on Play-Making, II • Bronson Howard

... and I was hopelessly on the wrong side. My work, my home and my whole life were bound in with the upper class. And there could be no middle ground. My boasted tolerance, breadth of mind, my readiness to see both sides, my passion for showing up all men as human—this to Joe was utter piffle. He had no use for such writing, or in fact for art of any kind. "Propaganda" was all that he wanted, and that could be as cheap as Nick Carter, as sentimental as Uncle Tom's Cabin, if only it had the kind of "punch" that would reach to the mass of ignorant ...

— The Harbor • Ernest Poole

... run away with! Piffle. Ah, cut it out Apache! I know you're ready to throw a fit at seeing me, but keep bottled up for a minute, won't you?" he ended as Apache lay hold of his tennis shirt and tried to jerk him into attention. But he gave the bony little head a good-natured mauling nevertheless, ...

— A Dixie School Girl • Gabrielle E. Jackson

... wanted to remain in his Room and read something by William Dean Howells, the Friend would compel him to put on his Low-Front and go out to a War-Dance and meet a Bunch of Kioodles who wore No. 6 Hats and talked nothing but Piffle. ...

— People You Know • George Ade

... them as fools, and what they said you characterised as piffle. You had the exceedingly bad taste to sneer at various members of an ancient and established aristocracy—people who by inheritance from generations of social authority, require no toleration from such a man ...

— Athalie • Robert W. Chambers

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