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scantiness
noun
The quality of being meager
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noun
The quality of being meager
“{'source': 'George Eliot', 'text': 'an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes'}”
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Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing.
“She cared only for brightness of colour, ease of fit, and a brevity and skimpiness of skirt absolutely astounding in these days of crinolines and trains.”
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{'source': 'George Eliot', 'text': 'an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes'}
She cared only for brightness of colour, ease of fit, and a brevity and skimpiness of skirt absolutely astounding in these days of crinolines and trains.
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