(idiomatic, Australia, New Zealand) A very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money).
1896, Dayrell Davies, "Sport with the Brigands of Macedonia," The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Longmans, Green, and Co., no. XII (July to December 1896), v. III, [http://books.google.com/books?id=_eofAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&dq=%22…
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