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Definition
insignificant in amount or quality
- 'Not a large sum for a paltry secret, that may be nothing when it's told!' cried Monks impatiently; 'and which has been lying dead for twelve years past or more!'Chapter 38 — Containing an Account of What Passed Between Mr. and Mrs.... (45% in)
There are no more uses of "paltry" in Oliver Twist.
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