"skerrick" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 117:",
          "text": "When he reached this point in his madness, it disabled whatever skerrick of common sense he might have had even to save himself.",
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          "ref": "2007 April, Kennedy Warne, “Blue Haven”, in National Geographic, section 74:",
          "text": "\"And all I can think is that they're seeing a crumb, a skerrick of what it once was\".",
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        "A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative."
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        "(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative."
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          "word": "bit"
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          "word": "fleck"
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        "(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) A very small amount or portion, particularly used in the negative."
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