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UKmeager
/mˈiːɡɐ/
/ˈmiɡɝ/
Examples
1. The small farming community was as poor as church mice, relying on meager harvests for survival.
2. Whatever meager rations remained were sent to the troops fighting the war, so the civilian population faced the brunt of the famine.
3. The elderly widow, living alone on a meager pension, was as poor as a church mouse, but she managed to get by.
4. The pies are looking a bit meager.
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