英语词汇dribs and drabs的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	dribs and drabs
词源	dribs and drabs. Small, irregular amounts, as in “He was paid in dribs and drabs.” The expression isn’t recorded earlier than 1942, but it clearly derives from drib, a back formation from dribble that is first recorded in 1862 and means “a drop, a small amount.”
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