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trickle

2 noun
     
trickle2
1 [countable] a thin slow flow of liquid:
The water in the stream had been reduced to a trickle.
2 [singular] a movement of people, vehicles, goods etc into a place in very small numbers or amounts:
Recent legislation has reduced immigration to a trickle.
trickle of
a trickle of cars on the highway
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