bagatelle
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If there was a misstep on Tuesday, it was in following the bagatelle with Beethoven’s “Pathétique” Sonata, which might have provided an impassioned climax had it not been performed with such a level head.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
But that case involved tens of thousands of dollars - a mere bagatelle compared to the monster cryptocurrency scam whose story is being told in an enthralling BBC podcast.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2019
Besides the wet bar, there’s a card table and a bagatelle table, a game derived from billiards.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
Aside from a small display at the entrance featuring an 1800s-era bagatelle and amusing assortment of objects inside vintage machines, visitors are left to self-discovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
Away with this impertinence; this is no place for bagatelle; I have murdered my honour, destroyed a lady, and my desire of reparation is come at length too late.
From The Inconstant by Farquhar, George
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