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driblet

/drib-lit/US // ˈdrɪb lɪt //UK // (ˈdrɪblɪt) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small portion or part.
    • : a small or petty sum.

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Examples

  • The Kushk is at best a "dry" river, as its name betokens, an unsatisfactory driblet in a world of sandy desolation.

  • With the last driblet of employees from the store a woman cut diagonally through a group and hurried toward Miss Prokes.

  • If ever we came to a puny, crawling driblet of water, they said, "This must be one of Stillman's bold-flowing streams."

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

  • The sun was setting behind the towers of the church of Greenborough-on-the-Driblet.