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trickle

/ˈtɹɪkəl/ noun C1
  1. A very thin river. · The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle.
  2. A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow. · The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.

Plural trickles

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Countless vibrant small towns, once sustained by the steady trickle of highway travelers, were abruptly bypassed and subsequently entirely forgotten.
The Asphalt Arteries: How the Interstates Reshaped America, p. 1 · C2

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