Meanings
nounsmidgin (plural smidgins)
plural smidgins
- alternativeAlternative spelling of smidgen.
Lucille wore one of those little smidgins of hats held on by inturned combs.
1962 July, John Steinbeck, “Part 1”, in Travels with Charley in Search of America, London: William Heinemann, published 1962, →OCLC, page 1061 more example
In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?
1952 September 19, John Steinbeck, chapter 23, in East of Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, book 3, section 3, page 289
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Broader
small indefinite quantitysmall indefinite amount
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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