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  • adjective Alternative form of paltry.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • _ I have supplied this stage direction.p. 231, l. 34 _paulter. _ 1724 'paultry'.

    The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Arzt Says Liu's Bloomberg Snub Was a Misunderstanding 2009

  • 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.

    Arzt Says Liu's Bloomberg Snub Was a Misunderstanding 2009

  • 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.

    Arzt Says Liu's Bloomberg Snub Was a Misunderstanding 2009

  • 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.

    La Profesora Abstraida 2006

  • 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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