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Definition of smidgen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

smidgen

noun
 
/ˈsmɪdʒən/
 
/ˈsmɪdʒən/
(also smidgeon, smidgin)
(also smidge
 
/smɪdʒ/
 
/smɪdʒ/
)
[singular] (informal)
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  1. smidgen (of something) a small piece or amount of something
    • ‘Sugar?’ ‘Just a smidgen.’
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from Scots smitch in the same sense.
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