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skosh, n. U.S. slang (orig. Forces').|skəʊʃ|
[ad. Jap. sukoshi a little, somewhat.]
A little, a small amount; freq. used advb. in the expression a skosh, slightly, somewhat.
[1955Amer. Speech XXX. 44 Along with..everyday greetings, Bamboo English employs sukoshi ‘few, some’ and its antonym takusan ‘plenty’, both of which are forthwith made into two-syllable words, dispensing with the voiceless Japanese u.] 1959(recorded by Prof. A. L. Hench, Univ. of Virginia) 10 May, ‘Just a skosh,’ he said. When I asked him what he meant he said he had picked the word up in Korea. It means ‘a little bit’. ‘Just a little bit left’ was his meaning. 1977Detroit Free Press 19 Dec. 4-c/1 In the ad, a slightly out-of-breath jogger laments middle-age body bulge and tells how glad he is that a new line of Levis for men is constructed with ‘a skosh more room where I need it’. 1988Cycle World Sept. 37/1 The GSX-R's seat is more comfortable than the Yamaha's thinly padded perch, and its bars are a skosh higher. |