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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: tad 'small boy' (19-20 centuries), perhaps from English dialect tad 'toad'

tad

 noun
     
tad spoken

a tad

a) a small amount:
'Would you like some milk?' 'Just a tad.'
b) slightly:
It's a tad expensive.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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