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smidgen

[smij-uhn] Origin

smid·gen

[smij-uhn]
noun
a very small amount: a smidgen of jam for your toast.
Also, smid·gin, smid·geon.


Origin:
1835–45; origin uncertain
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Smidgen is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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smidgen or smidgin (ˈsmɪdʒən)
 
n
informal a very small amount or part
 
[C20: of obscure origin]
 
smidgin or smidgin
 
n
 
[C20: of obscure origin]

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Word Origin & History

smidgen
1845, perhaps from Scot. smitch "very small amount, small insignificant person" (1822), perhaps from smidin "small syllable." Short form smidge is attested from 1905, Amer.Eng. dial.
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smidgen definition

[ˈsmɪdʒnæ]
  1. n.
    a tiny bit. : Oh, come on, more than a smidgen. Just a little?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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