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To: SoothingDave

A smidgen.


37 posted on 02/11/2014 6:28:13 AM PST by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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To: Recompennation

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html

Smidgen

a very small quantity of material. Until recently, no one thought a smidgen was an actual unit of measure, but recently kitchen supply stores in the U.S. and other countries have begun selling sets of “minispoons” in which the smallest spoon, labeled “smidgen,” is designed to hold exactly 1/2 pinch or 1/32 teaspoon, which is roughly 0.005 fluid ounce or 0.15 milliliter. The word is a diminutive of “smutch” or “smudge”; it originally meant a small spot.


42 posted on 02/11/2014 6:33:07 AM PST by SoothingDave
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