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Driblet   Listen
noun
Driblet, Dribblet  n.  A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. "When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent."





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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


Words linked to "Driblet" :   eyedrop, tear, eye-drop, droplet, small indefinite amount, drop, teardrop, raindrop, drib


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