| 单词 | by driblets |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby (in) driblets 2. A petty or inconsiderable quantity or part of anything. by (in) driblets: in petty portions at a time, little by little. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > small sum parcelc1400 plack1530 dodkinc1555 triflec1595 denier1597 driblet1659 song1698 Flanders-fortune1699 pin money1702 doit1728 drab1828 picayune1838 sprat1883 shoestring1904 peanut1910 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα ii. xix. 243 Pittances..slowly payd by dribbets and with infinite delayes. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Dribblets (old word), small portions or pieces. 1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Driblet,..any small Quantity or Parcel of Money, or any thing else. 1832 Examiner 34/1 It is rumoured that the creation of peers is to be by dribblets. A drop-by-drop invigoration seems..absurd. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 501 A hundred weight of fish to be sold in driblets, for a few pence. < as lemmas |
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