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Definition of Scantier
1. scanty [adj] - See also: scanty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scantier
Literary usage of Scantier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The River of Golden Sand: Being the Narrative of a Journey Through China and by William John Gill, Edward Colborne Baber (1883)
"... —Hsiao-Feng-Pa—scantier Vegetation—Arrival at Ta- Chien-Lu. MARCO POLO thus
describes the plain and city of Ch'eng- Tu-Fu :— ' When you have travelled ..."
2. The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"... their characteristic dress even was gone ; for already in the time of Augustus
they had laid aside the toga, and assumed the cheaper and scantier ..."
3. The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey (1851)
"... their characteristic dress even was gone ; for already in the time of Augustus
they had laid aside the toga, and assumed the cheaper and scantier ..."
4. The River of Golden Sand: The Narrative of a Journey Through China and by William John Gill, Henry Yule (1880)
"... of People of Ssu-Ch'uan—Toll upon Coolies—Hsiao-P'eng-Pa —scantier
Vegetation—Fragment of elaborate Ancient Road—Arrival at Ta-Chien-Lu. July 10. ..."
5. Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive Condition by John Clark Ridpath (1897)
"The beard was scantier, and was either shaven or plaited and worn in a manner
exceedingly artificial. The complexion varied from a pink flesh-color and ..."
6. Ridpath's Universal History: An Account of the Origin, Primitive Condition by John Clark Ridpath (1899)
"The beard was scantier, and was either shaven or plaited and worn in a manner
exceedingly artificial. The complexion varied from a pink flesh-color and ..."
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