This week's theme: slang/informal terms.

skosh (skosh) noun

   A small amount; a little bit.

[From Japanese sukoshi (a little).]

-Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)

  "In the end, the committee reasoned that the Grizzlies' overall record
   was just a skosh better than the other two."
   Bill Kolb; Tough Decisions Put to NCS Panel; The Contra Costa Times
   (California); May 23, 2005.

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