"skosh" meaning in English

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          "text": "He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip.",
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          "text": "“Fly just a skosh to your one o'clock,” Elroy said.",
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          "ref": "2003, John Barnes, The Sky So Big and Black, →ISBN, page 216:",
          "text": "Just a skosh after the lunch break, Bivvy and Erin were singing a song together.",
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          "ref": "2005, Bill Hylton, Bill Hylton's Power-Tool Joinery, →ISBN:",
          "text": "I set the bit a skosh under the width of the mortise's shoulder; […]",
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          "ref": "2018 July 26, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Review: ‘Good Manners’ Is a Twisty Werewolf Tale From Brazil”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Wondrously weird and a skosh too long, “Good Manners” is a dark Brazilian fable of animalistic passions and social isolation.",
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        "A tiny amount; a little bit."
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        "(Hawaii, informal) A tiny amount; a little bit."
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          "word": "tad"
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          "word": "jot"
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          "word": "skoosh"
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          "word": "scooch"
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        "(Hawaii, informal) A tiny amount; a little bit."
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