smattering
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smattering /ˈsmatərɪŋ/ (also smatter)
▶noun
- 1 a small amount.
- 2 a slight knowledge of a language or subject.
– origin C16: from smatter ‘talk ignorantly, prate’, of unknown origin.
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