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.) ( see dribble) + -let

Example Sentences

Suwon and its airfield were lost and Red flanking drives to the east were under way when the first driblet of U.S. ground troops�two battalions of the 24th Infantry Division�reached the zone of battle.

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

But R.A.F. flyers from Italy made a 1,750-mile round trip to drop a pathetic driblet of supplies to the besieged.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose