Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very small quantity or portion; a bit or mite.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small piece; a small quantity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very small
quantity oramount .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Grace’s mug was filled with what she described as a smidgen of coffee and lots of half-and-half, permitted on her Atkins program.
Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006
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Grace’s mug was filled with what she described as a smidgen of coffee and lots of half-and-half, permitted on her Atkins program.
Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006
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Grace’s mug was filled with what she described as a smidgen of coffee and lots of half-and-half, permitted on her Atkins program.
Two Days After the Wedding Joan Medlicott 2006
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
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My favorite of the three by a smidgen is the 2003 Riesling Spätlese Trocken Haardter Bürgergarten “Im Aspen.”
The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005
oroboros commented on the word smidgen
A half pinch; 1/32 of a teaspoon.
July 26, 2009
shanvrolijk commented on the word smidgen
" His ignorance of history, his specious use of false equivalency and his absence of even a smidgen of moral sensitivity is not only embarrassing, but also quite scary."
Source: A Moment of Bad Faith
January 22, 2018