sprinkletn.
/ˈsprɪŋklᵻt/, U.S. /ˈsprɪŋklət/ A slight or small sprinkle.
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1882 Garden 11 Mar. 156/3 Deluge every position they [sc. crickets] occupy, not with mere sprinklets of water, but with sufficient to lie in pools.
1919 New Castle (Pa.) News 5 May 14/2 There are a few sprinklets of silver on his temples.
1987 M. Harvey Mexican Crafts & Craftspeople i. iv. 54/2 Cut squares, circlets, diamonds, crescents, and stars fell to the floor, sprinklets of color.
2013 A. Wallace Old Priest 23 The priest intoning the words and sending sprinklets of holy water flying from a small, occult-looking bottle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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