| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
make (oneself) scarce definition
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make oneself scarce
Depart quickly, go away, as in The children saw Mrs. Frost coming and made themselves scarce. This idiom applies scarce in the sense of "seldom seen" to removing one's presence. [c. 1800]