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.
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Compared with Ted Turner's $1 billion pledge to the United Nations, White's largesse is a driblet.
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Early this year they even managed to ship a driblet of cars into the U.S. itself.
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Yet that driblet is enough to lead to the synthesis of the potent stuff.
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"That driblet is over here to pick out an heiress and fall in love with her because he needs the money," Hep growled as his goat got away in the lead.
From You Should Worry Says John Henry by McHugh, Hugh
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