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

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Example Sentences

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driblet

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

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

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

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

With the last driblet of employees from the store a woman cut diagonally through a group and hurried toward Miss Prokes.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst

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