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slim pickings

noun

Definitions

  1. A small amount, especially of money

    A small amount, especially of money; paucity.

    • After the factory closed, it's slim pickings for work in this town.
    • ... they were among the citizens of the Great Republic who got shut into Paris during the siege, and had reason to complain of "the slim pickings" even their dollars commanded during that tragic episode of our neighbours' history.
    • Only at one season during the year does the average Haitian get more than these slim pickings; that is in mango-time, and then the roads and trails are carpeted with the yellow pits.

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