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It is a most unworthy thing for men that have bones in them to spend their lives in making fiddle-cases for futilous women's fancies; which are the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys ....
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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Next, he calls the women's tailor-made gowns "the very pettitoes of infirmity, the giblets of perquisquilian toys."
History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck 1897
reesetee commented on the word perquisquilian
(Obsolete nonce-word) Thoroughly trifling or worthless.
September 11, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word perquisquilian
*weejies* Whichbe, is this burbly enough for you?
September 11, 2008