Trifle

"Three fingernails of the dead woman's right hand had been daubed with thick, gummy fingernail polish. There seemed to have been no effort to keep the polish on the nails because actually it nearly covered the entire tips of the fingers. I touched one pointed fingernail lightly. The polish still was a trifle sticky."

-- Richard Starnes, And When She Was Bad She Was Murdered, a pulp fiction novel from 1949

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It is never a good idea to watch pornographic films in public.