skerrick
English edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Originally used in British dialect.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
skerrick (plural skerricks)
- (now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 117:
- When he reached this point in his madness, it disabled whatever skerrick of common sense he might have had even to save himself.
- 2007 April, Kennedy Warne, “Blue Haven”, in National Geographic, section 74:
- "And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was".
References edit
- ^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 181.