how to spell the word tailors use for a small amount?

this is all I could find

Main Entry: scooch

Part of Speech: n

Definition: a small amount or distance

Example: Move it a scooch to the left.

Usage: slang

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scooch

Curiously there is a Japanese word skosh, but it is pronounced differently that means the same thing.

Main Entry: skosh

Pronunciation: \ˈskōsh\

Function: noun

Etymology: Japanese sukoshi

Date: 1952

: a small amount : bit, smidgen —used adverbially with a <just a skosh bit shook — Josiah Bunting>

It was used in print in Jeans commercials which said, it has a skosh more room.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sko1.htm