The Only Use of
meager
in
The Joy Luck Club
- What fine food we treated ourselves to with our meager allowances!†
Chpt 2meager = lacking in quantity or quality
Definitions:
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(1)
(meager) lacking in quantity or quality
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, meager can describe someone as very thin.