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View synonyms for driblet
driblet
or drib·blet
[ drib-lit ]
noun
- a small portion or part.
- a small or petty sum.
driblet
/ ˈdrɪblɪt /
noun
- a small quantity or amount, as of liquid
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of driblet1
C17: from obsolete drib to fall bit by bit + -let
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Example Sentences
The Kushk is at best a "dry" river, as its name betokens, an unsatisfactory driblet in a world of sandy desolation.
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With the last driblet of employees from the store a woman cut diagonally through a group and hurried toward Miss Prokes.
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If ever we came to a puny, crawling driblet of water, they said, "This must be one of Stillman's bold-flowing streams."
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He opened it, and shared the driblet with a few of the old campaigners.
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The sun was setting behind the towers of the church of Greenborough-on-the-Driblet.
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