smitch

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

Noun

smitch (plural smitches)

  1. A tiny amount; a smidge or smidgen.
    • 1935, Stage, volume 13, page 66:
      […] this winter you must look as if you wouldn't dream of using anything more artificial than a smitch of powder.
    • 1966, Marguerite Henry, Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West:
      Pa startled me with his sudden stern tone. “They could! If men don't get too grabby for every smitch of land for their cattle.”

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