Definition of Smidgin

1. Noun. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.

Exact synonyms: Iota, Scintilla, Shred, Smidge, Smidgen, Smidgeon, Tittle, Whit
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

smickering
smickers
smicket
smickets
smickly
smiddied
smiddies
smiddy
smiddying
smidge
smidgen
smidgens
smidgeon
smidgeons
smidges
smidgin (current term)
smidgins
smiercase
smiercases
smift
smifts
smight
smighting
smights
smil'd
smilaceous
smilacin
smilagenin
smilax
smilaxes

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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