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1. A light piece of music for piano
    
2. Something of little value or significance
   - fluff, frippery, frivolity
    
3. [Brit] A table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
   - bar billiards [Brit]

Derived forms: bagatelles

Type of: composition, musical composition, opus, picayune [N. Amer], piddler, piece, piece of music, small beer, small fry, table game, trifle, trivia, triviality

Encyclopedia: Bagatelle