DRIBLET

drop, drib, driblet

(noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); “he had a drop too much to drink”; “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”--Kipling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

driblet (plural driblets)

A small portion or part.

A small or petty sum.

Anagrams

• birdlet

Source: Wiktionary


Drib"blet, Drib"let, n. Etym: [From Dribble.]

Definition: 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. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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