skosh
nounUS /skoʊʃ/
Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang.
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Informal A tiny amount; a little bit.
- He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip.
- “Fly just a skosh to your one o'clock,” Elroy said.2002, Jan Hornung, Kiss the Sky: Helicopter Tales, →ISBN, page 62:
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- Just a skosh after the lunch break, Bivvy and Erin were singing a song together.2003, John Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black, →ISBN, page 216:
- I set the bit a skosh under the width of the mortise's shoulder; […]2005, Bill Hylton, Bill Hylton's Power-Tool Joinery, →ISBN:
- Wondrously weird and a skosh too long, “Good Manners” is a dark Brazilian fable of animalistic passions and social isolation.2018 July 26, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Review: ‘Good Manners’ Is a Twisty Werewolf Tale From Brazil”, in New York Times: