driblet

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Suwon and its airfield were lost and Red flanking drives to the east were under way when the first driblet of U.S. ground troops�two battalions of the 24th Infantry Division�reached the zone of battle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rest, except for the driblet evacuated by air, return to rear areas aboard transports, which are usually crowded and cannot hope to have the exceptional facilities of a hospital ship.

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But R.A.F. flyers from Italy made a 1,750-mile round trip to drop a pathetic driblet of supplies to the besieged.

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Last month Ashokan with a 17-billion gal. driblet in it was declared virtually empty.

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She did this about a dozen times, watching the saliva dribble down the pane and speculating with herself which driblet would make the longest journey.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton