Driblet

(n.) 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.

阿维斯整理

• Give out by driblets, and never inquire for odds and ends,--it isn't beSt. That troubles me, Augustine. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Not blaming me for standing on my own defence against a crew of plunderers, who could suck me dry by driblets? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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