smidgin meaning

Noun: smidgin  smijun

1. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount
   - shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidge

Derived forms: smidgins

Type of: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

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1. _They won four in a row in late April, but gained not a smidgin in the standings.
2. Hawn may not look like Suzette, but the actress admits that there's a smidgin of groupie in her somewhere.
3. That Maxima diesel of 1981 was EPA rated 28 city, 35 highway; on the long trip, we barely got the highway number and a smidgin.
4. "Turkish & AMP; Domestic Blend, " the packs said, though behind the tableau of camel and pyramids stood just a smidgin of imported leaf.
5. A wife-beating probable murderer ( although not beyond a smidgin of doubt under our legal system ) is not worth the time being given him, much less anyone's sympathy.