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  • 811894–95 New Brompton F.C. season — New Brompton 1894–95 season Chairman H.G. Croneen Manager none Southern Football League Division Two 1st FA Cup Third Qualifying Round Top goa …

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  • 82meagre — mea‧gre [ˈmiːgə ǁ ər] , meager adjective very small in amount: • Sales rose a meager 2.5% in January. • The chairman predicts very meagre growth this year. * * * meagre UK US UK (US meager) /ˈmiːgər/ adjective …

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  • 83exiguous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. meager, scanty, small (see insufficiency). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. scanty, meager, petty; see inadequate 1 , scanty . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Conspicuously deficient in quantity,… …

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  • 84skimpy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. meager, scanty (see insufficiency). II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Deficient] Syn. short, scanty, insufficient; see inadequate 1 . 2. [Stingy] Syn. tight, niggardly, miserly; see stingy . III (Roget s 3 …

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  • 85slim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, thin, slight; frail, weak, meager. See narrowness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slender, narrow, lank; see thin 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. slender thin, narrow, lean, skinny,… …

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  • 86stingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. penurious, miserly, niggardly, near, tight, close; scanty, meager. See parsimony. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. parsimonious, niggardly, miserly, penurious, close, closefisted, sordid …

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  • 87thin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, lean, narrow (see narrowness); watery, weak, di luted; attenuated; faint, dim, threadlike; fine, delicate; poor, lame (as an excuse); flimsy, sheer, filmy. See rarity, weakness,… …

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  • 88meagrely — adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner these voices are meagerly represented at the conference the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources • Syn: ↑meagerly, ↑sparingly, ↑slenderly • Ant: ↑amply ( …

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  • 89slenderly — adverb 1. in a slim or slender manner a slenderly built woman slightly built • Syn: ↑slimly, ↑slightly • Derived from adjective: ↑slight (for: ↑slig …

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  • 90sparingly — adverb to a meager degree or in a meager manner these voices are meagerly represented at the conference the area is slenderly endowed with natural resources • Syn: ↑meagerly, ↑slenderly, ↑meagrely • Ant: ↑amply ( …

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