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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



... home all the same, and have a cupboard full of sweetmeats and a garden full of flowers. However, the thing is done as far as I am concerned, and I can almost find it in my heart to be sorry that Clara has got this driblet of money. Fifteen hundred pounds! It would keep her out of the workhouse, and ...
— The Belton Estate • Anthony Trollope



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



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