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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
smidgen

1845, perhaps from Scottish smitch "very small amount; small insignificant person" (1822). Compare Northumbrian dialectal smiddum "small particle of lead ore" (1821).

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smidgen

alt. A very small quantity or amount. n. A very small quantity or amount.

WordNet
smidgen

n. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]

Usage examples of "smidgen".

The only pieces of pork left were ends and gristly bits, the broccoli was all gone and there was only a smidgen of potato.

Believing that Zeus, or Odin, or Shiva could find themselves on the cosmic whoopee cushion every now and then just like Uncle Cheng probably made the night seem a little less dark, the vastness of space and time a smidgen less overbearing.