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stime

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[stahym] / staɪm /

noun

Scot., Irish English.
  1. the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.


Etymology

Origin of stime

1250–1300; Middle English (Scots); perhaps < Old Norse skīmi a glimpse

Example Sentences

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Two weeks after getting the bid, he met Nathan Stime, a primary care physician, former missionary and, as fortune had it, a fellow hunter.

From Los Angeles Times

As Stime remembers, “I didn’t know Dan, but I got to like him immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times

Stime built aluminum boats as a hobby inside his enormous workshop north of Spokane.

From Los Angeles Times

Stime cut and welded 32 sheets of aluminum into a dome.

From Los Angeles Times

Watching her play is like being in a stime warp – every shot arrows through the court with zero spin and rather than brute power, she relies on lightning fast hand speed, deft touch and a court craft honed over three decades.

From New York Times