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Definition of Smidgin
1. Noun. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
Generic synonyms: Small Indefinite Amount, Small Indefinite Quantity
Derivative terms: Shred
Definition of Smidgin
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of smidgen) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smidgin
1. smidgen [n -S] - See also: smidgen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smidgin
Literary usage of Smidgin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Conference on Educational Measurements: Proceedings by Indiana University Extension Division (1914)
"Uncle Dick was an honest, sober, industrious workman, but he was largely a failure
as a carpenter because his unit of measure, the "smidgin", lacked that ..."
2. Ole Rabbit's Plantation Stories as Told Among the Negroes of the Southwest by Mary Alicia Owen (1898)
"Nuh, nurr smidgin (not a bit). He putt in all he spar' time a huntin' dat weed,
fum dat time fo'th' but he ain' ne'er foun' none. He los' dat piece he hab, ..."
3. Boy Life on the Prairie by Hamlin Garland (1899)
"... and they lacked the courage to go far out, for the whitecaps glittered now
and then in mid-water. They ate every " smidgin' " of the fish at dinner, ..."
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