scanty
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Scanty reports from Bolivia last week indicated that President Villarroel and his Government of young Army officers and intellectuals were again at war with the tin companies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scanty details of the operation disclosed that the U.S. airborne troops dropped in the western part of the target area, while the British jumpers and glider-men landed in the eastern zone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scanty wages in strange coins, dribbled out to factory workers in Russian cotton mills.
From Gossamer 1915 by Birmingham, George A.
Scanty as is the information hitherto obtained in regard to the articulata of the coal formation, we have at least ascertained that some insects winged their way through the ancient forests.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Scanty woods they were, indeed; just a few scrub pines growing out of a bank of clean white sand.
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry
Vocabulary lists containing scanty
On the Origin of Species
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The Bridge Home
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"Declaration of Sentiments," Vocabulary from the public document
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