driblet

American

[drib-lit] / ˈdrɪb lɪt /

Or dribblet

noun

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

driblet British

/ ˈdrɪblɪt /

noun

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

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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

Compared with Ted Turner's $1 billion pledge to the United Nations, White's largesse is a driblet.

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

The fact is, Mrs. Grumbit, I am a merchant, and I send very large supplies of home-made articles to foreign lands, and two thousand pairs of socks are a mere driblet.

From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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