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Fewness
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| few (fjuː) | |
| —determiner | |
| 1. | a. a small number of; hardly any: few men are so cruel |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as plural): many are called but few are chosen | |
| 2. | ( |
| a. a small number of: a few drinks | |
| b. (as pronoun; functioning as plural): a few of you | |
| 3. | informal a good few several |
| 4. | few and far between |
| a. at great intervals; widely spaced | |
| b. not abundant; scarce | |
| 5. | have a few, have a few too many to consume several (or too many) alcoholic drinks |
| 6. | informal not a few, quite a few several |
| —n | |
| 7. | the few Compare many a small number of people considered as a class: the few who fell at Thermopylae |
| [Old English fēawa; related to Old High German fao little, Old Norse fār little, silent] | |
| 'fewness | |
| —n | |
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