SKERRICK

Meaning of SKERRICK in English

[noun] [U] ANZ - a very small amountThere wasn't a skerrick left - they'd eaten everything!

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

SKERRICK — ˈskerik noun ( -s ) Etymology: perhaps irregular from scar (I) (clinker) chiefly Australia : the least bit : semblance …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKERRICK — /sker"ik/ , n. Australian. a small piece or quantity; a bit: Not even a skerrick of cake was left. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKERRICK — [ 'skɛrɪk ] ■ noun [usu. with negative ] Austral./NZ informal the smallest bit. Origin C19 (also as Engl. sl. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKERRICK — n. (usu. with neg.) US & Austral. colloq. the smallest bit (not a skerrick left). [N.Engl. dial.; orig. uncert.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKERRICK — n. (usu. with neg.) US & Austral. colloq. the smallest bit (not a skerrick left). [ N.Engl. dial.; orig. uncert. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKERRICK — n. (usu. with neg.) US & Austral. colloq. the smallest bit (not a skerrick left). Etymology: N.Engl. dial.; orig. uncert.
Oxford English vocab
SKERRET — Noun. A tiny amount. Such as in given in the reply to the question "Did you get anything ?" "No …
Slang English vocab
JOT — n. 25B6; verb I've jotted down a few details : WRITE, note, make a note of, take down, put on …
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