A fragment cut or broken off; a strip; a scrap.

As much as is bought or sold for a farthing, a very small amount. Also figurative.

figurative. An amount, a sum, a contribution; esp. a very small amount or contribution. Usually in negative contexts. Frequently with partitive of…

transferred and figurative. A very small measure, distance, amount, or degree; the least amount or part (of space, time, material or immaterial…

A piece cut or split off; a long thin piece or slip; a splinter, shiver, slice. Also figurative.

A small piece or fragment of any relatively hard substance, typically one broken or split from a larger piece by means of a sharp blow or knock; esp.…

A spark; the snuff of a candle.

Something insignificant, or smaller than the normal size. colloquial. A very small amount; the least bit. Obsolete. rare.

transferred. A very small quantity or number.

figurative. A very small particle or portion (of something immaterial), a ‘scrap’.

A small remnant, fragment, piece, atom, or amount, of something.

A very small amount or weight; a small matter, a trifle. Obsolete.

an extremely small amount.

figurative. A very small quantity or amount; a very small part or portion.

In singular: a very small amount, a very little, a trifle. Usually, and now almost always, adverbial.

An amount (chiefly of a powdered substance, esp. snuff) that may be taken up between a finger and thumb. Hence in extended use: a very small…

A remnant; a small detached piece; a piece very small by comparison with the whole; a fragmentary… Of material things.

Used (chiefly with negatives) to denote a very small piece or amount, or something of little or no value.

A minute quantity or part.

A small or insignificant thing or quantity.

That which is indivisible; an infinitely small particle or quantity.

A very small amount: = tine, n.6 (perhaps only a copyist's error for this.) Obsolete. rare.

As type of a very small amount: now esp. in (not) to care twopence. Also for twopence, very easily, with the smallest encouragement.

turn of the scale(s): (with reference to selling items by weight on a scale or balance) the slight advantage given to the buyer by which the article…

To swear to or be sure of the existence of (cf. to swear to —— 2 at phrasal verbs 1): in enough to swear by, expressing a very slight amount. collo…

A very little; a small amount. Frequently in a touch, used adverbially: slightly, somewhat, a little.

A very small amount or degree, a bit. Cf. smidgen, n.

In loose or hyperbolical use: An extremely small quantity or amount; something excessively minute or insignificant.

Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace.

A pinch, a very small quantity, of something.

loosely. An infinitesimal quantity.

With a and chiefly followed by of. A little bit; a tiny amount.

A very small distance or amount. Esp. in by an eyelash. Cf. whisker, n.1 5b.

Chiefly with a and followed by of. A tiny amount of something; a little bit; a trace.

the amount of anything to be bought for tenpence; used contemptuously.

figurative. A very small distance or amount, a fraction: used chiefly in comparisons. colloquial (originally U.S.).

A very small portion or amount, a bit. Frequently adverbial in a tidge.