smidgeon

[ UK /smˈɪd‍ʒɒn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
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How To Use smidgeon In A Sentence

  • After all, 2.5% inflation is only a smidgeon above the official 2% target. Times, Sunday Times
  • Unless, of course, you happen to be a molecular biologist in possession of a smidgeon of undead organic matter. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was eating some almond rutter nut butter with a smidgeon of local honey and hence asking. Never talk to the police without an attorney | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
  • Would that a smidgeon of that fun had rubbed off on this self-congratulatory tome. Times, Sunday Times
  • Roberts' attitude is that he and the other eight justices are a singular and unique segment of human society capable of regulating their behavior completely on their own, based on standards that each justice gets to make up for themselves -- a smidgeon of Code here; a pinch of law review articles there; topped off with a chat in the hallway with their colleagues. Nan Aron: John Roberts on Ethics: Move Along, Nothing to See Here
  • It burns with grief and honesty and a smidgeon of hope. Times, Sunday Times
  • So: a big dollop of cadmium green squeezed from the tube, a little chromium oxide green, a smidgeon of cobalt blue, a hint of hansa yellow pale to balance it, some titanium white to lighten it. Creative Control - Part 5
  • Perhaps the sense of proportion is a smidgeon out, but there are quivers in Lib Dem voices suggesting that the Tories may be about to call the whole thing off. AV battle dragged the coalition to the edge of a precipice
  • smidgeon" -- of mass transit aid for subsidies for welfare. Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry
  • But for investors with a smidgeon of social conscience, the fund should prove irresistible. Globe and Mail
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