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driblet
(encz) | driblet, |
Driblet
(gcide) | Dribblet \Drib"blet\, Driblet \Drib"let\, n. [From Dribble.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best
securities were at an interest of twelve per cent.
--Burke.
[1913 Webster] |
driblet
(wn) | driblet
n 1: 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 [syn: drop, drib, driblet] |
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Driblet
(gcide) | Dribblet \Drib"blet\, Driblet \Drib"let\, n. [From Dribble.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best
securities were at an interest of twelve per cent.
--Burke.
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