smitch
/smɪtʃ
/noun archaic
A small amount of something.To the children standing in the corner waiting, it seemed that every smitch of the dinner was going and that nothing would be left when the men got through....
- I was going to need every bit of credit that I had with her; I couldn't afford to waste a smitch.
- It's so rich in butter fat that it makes the slickest-tasting sandwiches you ever sampled without using a smitch of butter.
Origin
Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.
- the Lakes
- the Lamb of God (also the Lamb)
- the land of Nod
- the land of the free
- the last minute
- the last (or final) straw
- the last straw
- the last word
- the laugh is on me (or you, him, etc.)
- the Law
- (the law of) diminishing returns
- the Law of Moses
- the law of the jungle
- the Left
- the length and breadth of
- the lesser evil (or the lesser of two evils)
- the Lido
- the lie (lay) of the land
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line
- the line of least resistance