driblet

or drib·blet

[ drib-lit ]

/ ˈdrɪb lɪt /

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noun

a small portion or part.

a small or petty sum.

Nearby words

dreyfus affair, dreyfusard, drg, drib, dribble, driblet, dribs and drabs, driech, dried, dried-fruit beetle, dried-up

Origin of driblet

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

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Examples from the Web for driblet

I sha'n't care if they don't have a driblet of gravy at supper tonight.
Hiram The Young Farmer|Burbank L. Todd
“I thought you said there was a driblet of water running out at the crevice,”remarked Tom.
The Boys of Crawford's Basin|Sidford F. Hamp
Driblet by driblet, and paying a price that fairly staggered him, he had managed to buy over four hundred tons.
The Hallowell Partnership|Katharine Holland Brown
It was this slight overflow which supplied the driblet we had followed up from the cañon below.
The Boys of Crawford's Basin|Sidford F. Hamp

He opened it, and shared the driblet with a few of the old campaigners.
Khartoum Campaign, 1898|Bennet Burleigh

British Dictionary definitions for driblet

driblet

dribblet

/ (ˈdrɪblɪt) /

noun

a small quantity or amount, as of liquid

Word Origin for driblet

C17: from obsolete drib to fall bit by bit + -let

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Word Origin and History for driblet

driblet

1590s, diminutive of drib (n.).

driblet

or drib·blet

noun

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Examples from the Web for driblet

British Dictionary definitions for driblet

driblet

dribblet

noun

Word Origin for driblet

Word Origin and History for driblet

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