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Noun: small beer  smol beer
Usage: informal
  1. Something of small importance
    "The dispute over parking spaces was small beer compared to the larger issues facing the company";
    - triviality, trivia, trifle, piddler [informal], small fry [informal], picayune [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: small beers

Type of: article, object, physical object

Encyclopedia: Small beer