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 hair, yet rippling over the brows and temples as though indicating that in years gone by the tresses had been full and luxuriant.
From Kitty's Conquest by King, Charles
The root, the leaf, the fruit which thou Shalt give me from the earth or bough, Scanty or plentiful, to eat, Shall taste to me as Amrit sweet.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Scanty the hour and few the steps beyond the bourn of Care, Beyond the sweet and bitter world,—beyond it unaware!
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John
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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