Sentence example with the word 'piddling'

piddling

cheeseparing, half-pint, meager, paltry, picayune, poor, scarce, short, small-beer, stingy

Definition adj. (informal) small and of little importance

Last update: August 14, 2015


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My father gave me a piddling amount of money.   [adjective]

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A wealthy man, addicted to his pleasures and his profits, finds religion to be a traffic so entangled, and of so many piddling accounts, that of all mysteries he cannot skill to keep a stock going upon that trade.   [adjective]

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Pity he do n't produce a great work instead of piddling about in the byways of naval history '.   [adjective]

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You write that Court says that a man who has occupied his position in the world naturally can't cheapen himself by stepping down into any little piddling job where he'd have to do undignified things.   [Please select]

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A certain great Fortune and piddling Genius, whose Fame has been trumpeted so loudly, has given a silly Cast to our whole Doings.   [Please select]

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