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piddling adjective small; trivial, insignificant UK: SCOTLAND, 1559- [A] piddling peon’s dream! — Lester Bangs, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, p. 121, 1973
- I’d tried it [crack cocaine] but only piddling experimental stuff to learn what all the fuss was about. — Lanre Fehintola, Charlie Says..., p. 54, 2000
- I’m not wasting this team’s reputation or time on chasing piddling amounts. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 188, 2002
- Five million may seem a lot of money but it is a piddling amount, given the range and variety of disciplines involved. — The Guardian, 21 February 2002
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