smidge
noun
informal a very small amount or part
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shred, iota, ounce, modicum, smidgen, speck, dash, touch, whit, trifle, little, minim, scrap, fraction, inch, jot, fragment, molecule, atom, mite
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Word Origin for smidge
C20: from smidgen
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Examples from the Web for smidge
It was a little bit of Balmain, a smidge of Balenciaga, a few vague references to Yohji Yamamoto and Rick Owens.
Larry grew a full beard, but that was a smidge too country—“I looked like an Oak Ridge Boy”—so he pruned it down into a goatee.
I simply wish we could tone down the royal trappings just a smidge.
She noodled at me, I noodled back at her, and her eyes crinkled charmingly whenever I managed a smidge of tuneful wit.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow
smidge
short form of smidgen, 1902, American English dialect.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper