DRABS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary To live in the thick of things and see nothing but the pale drabs and grays In drabs and in saddening down light colors it is, to a certain extent, still used In the next seat forward sat the man of note-books, field-glasses, magnifying-glasses and drabs She was dressed in quiet drabs and grays
How to Use Dribs and drabs Correctly - GRAMMARIST The idiom meaning small sporadic amounts or little by little is dribs and drabs, not drips and drabs —though the latter does make logical sense In the 19th century, when the original idiom was first recorded, both drib and drab meant a small quantity or amount
DRIBS AND DRABS Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Bits and pieces, negligible amounts, as in There's not much left, just some dribs and drabs of samples The noun drib is thought to be a shortening of driblet, for “drop” or “tiny quantity,” dating from the early 1700s, whereas drab meaning “a small sum of money” dates from the early 1800s