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Definition of Paltriest
1. paltry [adj] - See also: paltry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paltriest
Literary usage of Paltriest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1814)
"... and, instead * of an independent man and a philosopher, he must be content to
be regarded as the weakest ami paltriest of his family. ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"25th Oct. 1740. hold the paltriest bit of old iron near it,—paltriest clack of
gossip about this loved Brother of mine! Brother, we will hope, ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"Truer nothing can be, points forever to the Pole; but also what obliquities it
makes; will shiver aside in mad escapades, if you hold the paltriest bit of ..."
4. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"Truer nothing can be, points forever to the Pole; but also what obliquities it
makes; will shiver aside in mad escapades, if you hold the paltriest bit of ..."
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