driblet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
    drop; drib.
    • he had a drop too much to drink
    • a drop of each sample was analyzed
    • there is not a drop of pity in that man
    • years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling

WordNet

Drib"blet, Drib"let noun (Also<
  • Dribblet
  • Driblet
)
Etymology
From Dribble.
Definitions
  1. A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.
    When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke.

Webster 1913