scantness
Example Sentences
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Much virtue was found to reside in his thumbs: When applied to the chest, they cured scantness of breathing.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton
They mock my wide smile, and my scantness of thatch; I think, though, in managing skill I am—skill I am, All things considered, much more than a match For swaggering, swashing Sir William—Will-i-am!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 by Various
Such a street, in the first place; then this little bit of a house; and then, there was more than that; he could see tokens unmistakeable of scantness of means.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
They hired no other servants after their arrival, which, however, struck nobody as an admission of scantness of means.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
His heart feels a fresh bound; he feels neither strain of limb nor scantness of breath, and, searching as he runs, he descries before him in the plain the deceitful sire alone.
From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thomas G. (Thomas George) Thrum
