driblet

or drib·blet

[ drib-lit ]
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noun

  1. a small portion or part.

  2. a small or petty sum.

Origin of driblet

1
1590–1600; obsolete drib (v.) (see dribble) + -let

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How to use driblet in a sentence

  • Sending his troops southward in these dribblets will end in their being cut to pieces.

  • They were not the last dribblets of an exhausted emotion, not the meaningless, watery expression of over-excited sensibility.

    Ghetto Tragedies | Israel Zangwill

  • I do believe you'd be satisfied to go on getting a few dribblets now and then like that.

    Castle Richmond | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for driblet

driblet

dribblet

/ (ˈdrɪblɪt) /

noun

  1. a small quantity or amount, as of liquid

Origin of driblet

1
C17: from obsolete drib to fall bit by bit + -let

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