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dribs and drabs

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dribs and drabs/drɪbz(ə)nˈdrabz/

▶plural noun (in phr. in dribs and drabs) informal in small sporadic amounts.

– origin C19: from obs. drib (see dribble) and drab (by reduplication).

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