Both Uses of
paltry
in
Common Sense
- A French bastard landing with an armed banditti, and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original.†
Chpt 2.
- The Reflexion is awful—and in this point of view, How trifling, how ridiculous, do the little, paltry cavillings, of a few weak or interested men appear, when weighed against the business of a world.†
Chpt Appe *
Definition:
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(paltry) insignificant in amount or quality