smitcheln.

Brit.

/ˈsmɪtʃ(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈsmɪtʃ(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smitch n.², -el suffix¹.

Etymology: < smitch n.² + -el suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier smidgen n. and α. forms at that entry.

U.S. colloquial (now rare).

With a and chiefly followed by of. A little bit; a tiny amount.In quot. 1857 in adverbial construction with the sense ‘slightly, somewhat’: a little; a touch.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount

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1856 Yankee Notions Sept. 263/1 The fust day we found sum lumps of gold, wurth about siksty dollars; the next three we diddent get a smitchel.

1857 A. S. Roe Star & Cloud xxvii. 367 I ain't a smitchel over seventeen, and old Stubbs is all of fifty.

1861 S. Bowles Let. Dec. in G. S. Merriam Life & Times S. Bowles (1885) I. v. xxvii. 331 A bowl of stewed oysters. 4 slices of buttered toast. A bowl of tea. And there wasn't a ‘smitchel’ left.

1917 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 30 Jan. 4/4 As for hard heartedness,—there wasn't a smitchel of that.

2013 C. Papritz Legacy Lett. 68 With a smitchel of trepidation, a smatter of fear, and more enthusiasm than a summer sea of spring seals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smitchel
释义	smitcheln. Brit. /ˈsmɪtʃ(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈsmɪtʃ(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smitch n.², -el suffix¹. Etymology: < smitch n.² + -el suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier smidgen n. and α. forms at that entry. U.S. colloquial (now rare). With a and chiefly followed by of. A little bit; a tiny amount.In quot. 1857 in adverbial construction with the sense ‘slightly, somewhat’: a little; a touch. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount shredc1000 farthingsworthc1325 pennyworthc1330 incha1350 sliverc1374 chipa1393 gnastc1440 Jack1530 spoonful1531 crumba1535 spark1548 slight1549 pin's worth1562 scruple1574 thought1581 pinch1583 scrap1583 splinter1609 ticket1634 notchet1637 indivisible1644 tinyc1650 twopence1691 turn of the scale(s)1706 enough to swear by1756 touch1786 scrimptiona1825 infinitesimal1840 smidgen1841 snuff1842 fluxion1846 smitchel1856 eyelash1860 smidge1866 tenpenceworth1896 whisker1913 tidge1986 1856 Yankee Notions Sept. 263/1 The fust day we found sum lumps of gold, wurth about siksty dollars; the next three we diddent get a smitchel. 1857 A. S. Roe Star & Cloud xxvii. 367 I ain't a smitchel over seventeen, and old Stubbs is all of fifty. 1861 S. Bowles Let. Dec. in G. S. Merriam Life & Times S. Bowles (1885) I. v. xxvii. 331 A bowl of stewed oysters. 4 slices of buttered toast. A bowl of tea. And there wasn't a ‘smitchel’ left. 1917 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 30 Jan. 4/4 As for hard heartedness,—there wasn't a smitchel of that. 2013 C. Papritz Legacy Lett. 68 With a smitchel of trepidation, a smatter of fear, and more enthusiasm than a summer sea of spring seals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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