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What is a bagatelle?

What is a bagatelle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A trifle; an unsubstantial thing.
  2. A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
  3. A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
  4. 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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You watch him, and you find yourself picturing the latest shot whizzing round his body, like a silver ball in a bagatelle.
The ten mill was a bagatelle, Rick said, considering what he could guarantee Tricia for the first three years.
William finally holed out for twelve after playing bagatelle with a few trees, a rabbit hole and a water hazard that no-one had noticed before.
We get buffeted through life like a ball-bearing in a bagatelle, bouncing off chance encounters, opportunities, unforeseen obstacles.
A game of bagatelle then ensued as first Murray and then Barry Ferguson had efforts blocked.
I'm pretty shy and not that aggressive, so this is kind of a big deal to me, even if others might see it as a mere bagatelle.

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