scrapletn.
/ˈskraplɪt/ A small scrap.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece > very small piece
pointc1300
smitc1330
tittlea1450
scraplet1519
jot1526
splinter1609
bitling1674
shredling1674
frustulum1700
rissom1808
smitch1822
fractionlet1830
scrapling1843
pick1866
parcel1873
scrappet1901
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xvii. f. 160 Fet a voyder to haue awey this scrapelettis [L. quisquilias].
1878 E. W. Benson Cathedral viii. 123 He thinks his little scraplets will do more for him and his people than the ‘History of the Jews’.
1891 A. James Diary 7 May (1964) 203 We have a good scraplet of garden.
1972 Time 17 Apr. 63/1 He tests every anthology to see if some scraplet of Chandler's small output will turn up.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1519- nutliker
- nutlikest
- nutly
- nutmeat
- nutmeats
- nutmeg
- nutmeg bird
- nutmeg butter
- nutmeg colour
- nutmeg cowrie
- nutmeg finch
- nutmeg flower
- nutmeg fruit
- nutmeg hickory
- nutmeg liver
- nutmeg mannikin
- nutmeg melon
- nutmeg oil
- nutmeg peach
- nutmeg pigeon
- nutmeg pippin
- nutmeg plantation
- nutmeg rock
- nutmeg state
- nutmeg trade