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driblet

or drib·blet

[ drib-lit ]

/ ˈdrɪb lɪt /

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noun

a small portion or part.

a small or petty sum.

Origin of driblet

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

Words nearby driblet

dreyfus affair, dreyfusard, drg, drib, dribble, driblet, dribs and drabs, driech, dried, dried-fruit beetle, dried-up

Example sentences from the Web for driblet

I sha'n't care if they don't have a driblet of gravy at supper tonight.

Hiram The Young Farmer |Burbank L. Todd
“I thought you said there was a driblet of water running out at the crevice,”remarked Tom.

The Boys of Crawford's Basin |Sidford F. Hamp
Driblet by driblet, and paying a price that fairly staggered him, he had managed to buy over four hundred tons.

The Hallowell Partnership |Katharine Holland Brown
It was this slight overflow which supplied the driblet we had followed up from the cañon below.

The Boys of Crawford's Basin |Sidford F. Hamp

He opened it, and shared the driblet with a few of the old campaigners.

Khartoum Campaign, 1898 |Bennet Burleigh

British Dictionary definitions for driblet

driblet

dribblet

/ (ˈdrɪblɪt) /

noun

a small quantity or amount, as of liquid

Word Origin for driblet

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