driblet

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But R.A.F. flyers from Italy made a 1,750-mile round trip to drop a pathetic driblet of supplies to the besieged.

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Last month Ashokan with a 17-billion gal. driblet in it was declared virtually empty.

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Early this year they even managed to ship a driblet of cars into the U.S. itself.

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The rest, except for the driblet evacuated by air, return to rear areas aboard transports, which are usually crowded and cannot hope to have the exceptional facilities of a hospital ship.

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“I thought you said there was a driblet of water running out at the crevice,”remarked Tom.

From The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado by Emerson, Chase