Smidgens

They were uncommonly large and ugly, with smidgens of dirt in between the toes. ❋ Terri Cheney (2011)

I just received my first proof copy and the smidgens of space in between words is driving me crazy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When I first started writing, I only did smidgens of pre-plotting as I went along, but even then, I always had a pretty good idea of the ending ahead of time. ❋ Janice Hardy (2010)

I don't have a weighing scale in my kitchen, and I am too accustomed to the US style of recipe writing, with ounces and lbs, and more often, cups and teaspoons, and in my case, impossible measures like smidgens, pinches, and dashes! ❋ Nupur (2008)

You can only take it in little smidgens day by day. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A man with a wide grin scraped chunks of ice off a big block and scooped up the remaining smidgens. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They embraced and wept, maybe it was real, maybe partly for effect, speaking smidgens of Russian, English and Yiddish, and soon they were arguing strenuously. ❋ Don Delillo (2008)

If your grandmother measures ingredients in pinches and smidgens, here's a way to record her recipes for posterity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Christianity can be seen as a synthesis of parts of bibilically literal Judaism and smidgens of rabbinical Judaism, bits and pieces of the various Greek philosophies, and popular polytheism, with its weird stories of what the gods get up to being taken as serious truth to be transmitted as a “mystery”. ❋ Unknown (2006)

BOB FRANKEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, the investigation is -- has little smidgens -- at least what we know about it -- the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms people, the investigators from Washington, in conjunction with local officials, are looking at those kinds of clues. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hirtzberger has planted his vineyards with 45% Grüner Veltliner, 40% Riesling, and tiny smidgens of Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay. ❋ Jr. Robert M. Parker (2005)