bagatelle
- Noun. A trifle; an unsubstantial thing.
- Noun. A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character; Beethoven composed several for the piano.
- Noun. A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
- Noun. Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball.
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