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driblet

or drib·blet

[drib-lit]
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noun

a small portion or part.
a small or petty sum.

Origin of driblet

1590–1600; obsolete drib (v.) (see dribble) + -let
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Related Words for driblet

droplet, little, speck, particle, hint, tear, pinch, drop, morsel, drip, dash, globule, sprinkling, bit, smidgen

Examples from the Web for driblet

Historical Examples of driblet

  • He opened it, and shared the driblet with a few of the old campaigners.

  • I sha'n't care if they don't have a driblet of gravy at supper tonight.

    Hiram The Young Farmer

    Burbank L. Todd

  • It was this slight overflow which supplied the driblet we had followed up from the cañon below.

  • “I thought you said there was a driblet of water running out at the crevice,”remarked Tom.

  • 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

British Dictionary definitions for driblet

driblet

dribblet

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
n.

1590s, diminutive of drib (n.).

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