smart sprinkle

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A good deal; a good many. Used in the interior of the Western States.

In answer to some query about snakes, our landlord said there was a smart sprinkle of rattlesnake on Red Run; and a powerful nice day to sun themselves.--Carlton, The New Purchase, Vol. I. p. 85.

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