2. Noun. A type of underwear worn by men. ¹
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Definition of Scants
1. scant [v] - See also: scant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scants
Literary usage of Scants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"scants. Prof. Poey is of opinion that Sc. chloris of Bloch Schneid, ... but a
scants ; he describes also his scants ..."
2. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"He seemed as if he did not exactly know what to do; but, at last, >• endeavoured
to pass between the two del-, scants Clarke and Barber, ..."
3. The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the by Francis Turner Palgrave (1897)
"... Viewing them ofttimes with a scared forecast, Caught, haply, from obscure
love-peril past. Howe'er that be, She scants me of my right, ..."
4. The Golden Treasury by Francis Turner Palgrave (1902)
"Howe'er that be, She scants me of my right, Is cunning careful evermore to balk
Sweet separate talk, And fevers my delight By frets, if, on Amelia's cheek ..."
5. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1922)
"... And as the evening light scants less and less He looks up at a star, as many
do." " You see that man ? "—" Nay, leave me! ..."
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