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- adjective Alternative form of
paltry .
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Examples
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Rutgers has three "sister universities" (???) in China and was importing research endentured coolies - familes and all, all expenses payed (if you can call the paultry sum pay).
CampusProgress.org 2009
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Rutgers has three "sister universities" (???) in China and was importing research endentured coolies - familes and all, all expenses payed (if you can call the paultry sum pay).
CampusProgress.org 2009
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_ I have supplied this stage direction.p. 231, l. 34 _paulter. _ 1724 'paultry'.
The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664
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The rich get richer and the rest must resort to paultry hand outs … We do need change but not the kind we are getting ..
Think Progress » ‘Impeach Obama’ billboard ‘not meant to allege any impeachable offense.’ 2010
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If government takes on a partnership with the oil industry to develop some far away oil nation, then government should get venture capital rates for its participation, 50% at least, not some paultry 35%.
Tyler on the Problems of Libertarians, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The message from Liu was clear - the Mayor can meet HIM at a mutually convenient time and will not be summoning the Comptroller on short time and short notice for a photo-op. deBlasio at least got the hope of close to an extra million added to that paultry 400K or so budget of his to lure him out for coffee.
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The message from Liu was clear - the Mayor can meet HIM at a mutually convenient time and will not be summoning the Comptroller on short time and short notice for a photo-op. deBlasio at least got the hope of close to an extra million added to that paultry 400K or so budget of his to lure him out for coffee.
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The message from Liu was clear - the Mayor can meet HIM at a mutually convenient time and will not be summoning the Comptroller on short time and short notice for a photo-op. deBlasio at least got the hope of close to an extra million added to that paultry 400K or so budget of his to lure him out for coffee.
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Last year Walmart was considered one of the biggest corporate polluters in the US (because of its craven, cost-cutting practices in the construction of these big-box behemouth stores); and their health insurance packages are so paultry that many of their employees go to the state to help care for their children.
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Nine new words have been added to my Etruscan database, making the number of total entries a paultry 1092.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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