Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US milit.) a little bit.

1952		R.O. Holles Now Thrive the Armourers 127: ‘What do you do on your nights off?’ he asked boldly. She shook her head very slightly [...] ‘No understand. Spik scoshi English,’ throbbed the voice. ‘I am so sorry.’.
1961		(con. early 1950s) J. Peacock Valhalla 25: We’ll be in Big J in a skosh.
1973		Chopper mag. July 18/2: Maybe my right hand got a little eager, and I might have been doing just a skosh more than what I was supposed to.
1980		J.L. Gwaltney Drylongso 235: If G. Etheridge had done jus’ one skosh of what he did, they would have put his black ass under the jail.
1997–2002		Hope College ‘Dict. of New Terms’ 🌐 [...] From ‘skosh’ meaning a small amount.
2019		Twitter 7 Aug. 🌐 I’ll (re)tell the Swanson story later, when I have a skosh more time.
2023		B. Dreyer on Bluesky 17 Nov. 🌐 Manhattan is looking pretty rough right now, but approx. 37 dumplings for five bucks from the gruff lady on Mosco Street smooths things over a skosh.