small stuff

noun

, Nautical.

1. small cordage, as marlines, yarns, etc.

small stuff

noun

1. nautical any light twine or yarn used aboard ship for serving lines, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of small stuff¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

That’s the science of very small stuff, such as atoms and electrons.

From Science News For Students

The sandwich owes much to owner Casey Patten’s willingness to sweat the small stuff.

From Washington Post

That’s because Duprat and colleagues found a lot of the small stuff that would have dissolved elsewhere, she notes.

From Science News

You pass these hard-earned lessons to your children and celebrate when they, too, declare victory over the small stuff.

From Washington Post

Just small stuff, on the field, off the field, in the dugout, in the clubhouse.

From Washington Post

Unlike the CERN researchers I do not “sweat the small stuff”.

From The Daily Beast

Quantum theory explains the small stuff, where matter and energy divide into infinitesimal particles.

From The Daily Beast

Big achievements take sweat, which you no longer have for the small stuff.

From The Daily Beast

I was struck then, as I am now, that a team with so much going for it is sweating the small stuff.

From The Daily Beast

Of course, why sweat the small stuff when Aaron Sorkin is already working on the screenplay?

From The Daily Beast

A little bin best fits a little bread, A little garland fits a little head; As my small stuff best fits my little shed.

From Project Gutenberg

Larch put off another entertainment of small stuff, with a fifty megaton thermonuclear, viewscreen-piloted, among them.

From Project Gutenberg

I also got a lot of small stuff I'd written for from the mail-order house, little feminine things a woman simply has to have.

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There could have been something—small stuff, but nothing large like bundles or anything like that.

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The so-called "Tower" dry kiln (see Fig. 38) is designed for the rapid drying of small stuff in quantities.

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