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smidgen
OXFORD DICTIONARY
smidgen, n. (also smidgin) colloq. a small bit or amount.
Etymology
perh. f. smitch in the same sense: cf. dial. smitch wood-smoke
THESAURUS
smidgen
ace, atom, bit, dab, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, iota, jot, little, little bit, lota, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, point, ray, scruple, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whitFor further exploring for "smidgen" in Webster Dictionary Online