PIECEMEAL
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► BY HABS AND NABS at odd moments, or in intervals of leisure; piecemeal → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BY LUMPS by instalments, piecemeal → 1576 obs.
► BY ODDS AND BOBS piecemeal, at odd times → 1805 Eng. dial.
► CANTLE-MEAL piecemeal → c1479 obs.
► PARCELMEAL in small portions at a time, bit by bit, piecemeal → 1362 obs.
► PARCEL-WISE bit by bit, piecemeal → 1647
► RANDING piecemeal; in small parts → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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