usage of ばかり in this sentence

Question

I only know the grammar usage of ばかり as full of___ but I don't know how to parse this sentence.

少しばかり　しゃくですが

少しばかり means "just a bit of...." ばかりoften means "just" — A.Ellett, Oct 26 '20 at 15:19
related/duplicate: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3735/correct-usage-of-%e3%81%b0%e3%81%8b%e3%82%8a — Shurim, Oct 26 '20 at 16:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '20 at 02:10

～ばかり has many functions, one of which is "about ～", "to the extent of ～". It can form an adverbial expression.

少しばかり(の): [no-adj, adv] a little
わずかばかり(の): [no-adj, adv] slight / slightly
ちょっとばかり(の): [no-adj, adv] a bit (of)
3日ばかり待った。
I waited for about three days.
10万円ばかり払えばいいパソコンが買える。
You can buy a good computer if you pay 100,000 yen or so.

Practically you can remember 少しばかり / わずかばかり / ちょっとばかり as set phrases that works as an adverb.

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