My mother-in-law would tan your hide for asking for a tad of milk.
You must ask for a 'drop'. I haven't fathomed why yet.
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Joliet,
Thu 20 Nov 2008, 16:39,
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Your mother-in-law is correct
I almost didn't use this definition, from Chambers online, because of their poor example.
Milk can also come in smidgens.
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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Thu 20 Nov 2008, 16:41,
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