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Smidgen

//ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪn//

Definitions

1
Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
Move it a smidgen to the right.
Similar
drop pinch smidge
Opposite
abundance
2
Chiefly in the form a smidgen of a: a very small or insignificant person or thing; also, an instance of such a person or thing.
In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?
Similar
dwarf midget pipsqueak
Opposite

Word Origin

Origin uncertain; possibly from smitch (“(originally Scotland, chiefly US) very small amount or quantity”) + possibly -in (a variant of -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting things considered collective...

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Smidgen

//ˈsmɪd͡ʒɪn//

Definitions

nounsmidgens

1
Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
Move it a smidgen to the right.
Similar
drop pinch smidge
Opposite
abundance
2
Chiefly in the form a smidgen of a: a very small or insignificant person or thing; also, an instance of such a person or thing.
In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?
Similar
dwarf midget pipsqueak
Opposite

Word Origin

Origin uncertain; possibly from smitch (“(originally Scotland, chiefly US) very small amount or quantity”) + possibly -in (a variant of -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting things considered collective...

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