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单词 niblet
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nibletn.

Brit. /ˈnɪblᵻt/, U.S. /ˈnɪblət/
Forms: 1800s– niblet, 1900s– nibblet.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nibble n., -et suffix1.
Etymology: Probably < nibble n. + -et suffix1.
1. A tiny piece of something, esp. a foodstuff; a morsel, a shred. Usually in plural.A proprietary name (with capital initial) for some foodstuffs in the U.K.
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crumbc975
snedec1000
snodec1150
morselc1300
swallow1340
modicumc1400
mouthful?c1450
tasting1526
taste1530
buckone1625
morceau1778
rive1793
nibble?1828
munchet1845
moufful1896
niblet1896
snade1901
nugget1951
nibbly1978
1896 Yorks. Weekly Post 28 Nov. 6/2 'T warst on 't is it'll hae to be read i'niblets.
1907 Trade Marks Jrnl. 30 Jan. 194 Niblet... Biscuits and other edible substances.
1975 Listener 16 Oct. 512/4 Scampi niblets in browning orange juice.
1981 Christian Sci. Monitor 20 Apr. 23/3 A White House ‘source’ a few days ago disclosed a few choice niblets of information about the President.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 16 Dec. 36 A quarter of a Brussel sprout, a sixth (!) of a chestnut, a game-chip, and a nibblet each of roast turkey and bacon.
2000 I. Edward-Jones My Canapé Hell (2001) viii. 202 An expensive watering hole with cashew and green olive niblets.
2. Originally North American. spec. A kernel of sweetcorn. Usually in plural.The plural (with capital initial) is a proprietary name in the U.K. and U.S. in this sense.
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1930 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 July 563/1 Niblets... for canned corn. Claims use since on or about May 20, 1930.
1968 E. Staebler Food that really Schmecks iv. 24 Corn cut from 6 or 8 cobs—(or a can or two of niblets for deprived city dwellers).
1972 Guardian 1 Dec. 11/4 Equal parts pumpkin..tomatoes..and maize..frozen or tinned (in which case use niblets, not ‘cream-style’ corn).
1976 S. J. Perelman Let. 18 Oct. in Don't tread on Me (1987) 321 I had..Virginia ham steak, glazed, with sweet potatoe and corn nibblets.
1992 Harrowsmith Oct. 65/3 The chambers within each pod contain luscious, sweet-smelling orange-red fruits about the size of a corn niblet.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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