driblet

American  

[drib-lit] / ˈdrɪb lɪt /

Or dribblet

noun

1. a small portion or part.

2. a small or petty sum.

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driblet British  

/ ˈdrɪblɪt /

noun

1. a small quantity or amount, as of liquid

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Etymology

Origin of driblet

1590–1600; obsolete drib (v.) ( dribble ) + -let

Example Sentences

The rest, except for the driblet evacuated by air, return to rear areas aboard transports, which are usually crowded and cannot hope to have the exceptional facilities of a hospital ship.

From Time Magazine Archive

Early this year they even managed to ship a driblet of cars into the U.S. itself.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month Ashokan with a 17-billion gal. driblet in it was declared virtually empty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet that driblet is enough to lead to the synthesis of the potent stuff.

From Time Magazine Archive

And yet this miserable driblet of one in twenty, exhibits in the criminal returns for Lanarkshire an increase of 75 per cent in seven years, or a duplication in ten.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various