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Driblet

noun
1.
A small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).  Synonyms: drib, drop.  "A drop of each sample was analyzed" , "There is not a drop of pity in that man" , "Years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"





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"Driblet" Quotes from Famous Books



... use, ma'am; nor for the use of my family, for I have no family; and if I had, that would be an unnecessarily large supply. 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. Of course I do not expect you to make them all for me, but I wish you to make as many pairs as ...
— Martin Rattler • R.M. Ballantyne


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