Both Uses of
meager
in
A Christmas Carol
- Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered instalments of those dainties to the young people: at the same time, sending out a meagre servant to offer a glass of "something" to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, but if it was the same tap as he had tasted before, he had rather not.†
Chpt 2
- Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(meager) lacking in quantity or quality