skosh

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Now this pool, it seems, was unknown to the Yips because it was surrounded by thick bushes and was not near to any dwelling, and it proved to be an enchanted pool, for the frog grew very fast and very big, feeding on the magic skosh which is found nowhere else on earth except in that one pool.

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  1. noun Slang A small amount; a bit: "This is a well-plotted, economical thriller. Although the beginning is a skosh slow, [the author] picks up the pace” (T. Jefferson Parker).

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  • A Detroit Tigers Blogazine featuring news, analysis and a skosh of history. —  :: The Daily Fungo ::
  • Our attendance is actually up a skosh as of this morning when we look at it. —  ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
  • Again, he may have been a skosh too daring with tempo choice at the outset, but it settled into a pace that was still fast but a little more comfortable. —  Ionarts
  • God is so magic that he can invisibly tinker with our DNA and make our legs just a skosh longer than our parent's generation -- or our minds just a skosh better at risk-benefit analysis -- then why isn't he magic enough to do a full-scale overhaul? —  Greta Christina's Blog
  • Others have made the tapered pin a bit bigger with bit of CA glue on the pin, Let It Dry, then put it in. the idea is to add a skosh to the size of the pin, not glue it in. maybe Collings will supply a slightly oversize one, another approach .. same goal .. —  Mandolin Cafe News
 

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