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Definition of Paltrier

Paltrier
Paltry Pal"try, a. [Compar. Paltrier; superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. paltering ragged, palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.] Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper. The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron. Syn: See Contemptible.

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- The Guatemalan tyrannulet, or paltry tyrannulet, (Zimmerius vilissimus) is a very small p****erine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers...
- scandalized, and rave as if the whole world were a slum. They make much ado about paltry things, lavishing excessive language upon trifling subjects. What if somewhere...
- October 11, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2011. "The rivalry? Not with Penn's paltry performance this season". The Daily Princetonian. February 1, 2002. Archived...
- him at $100 million, but Trump was actually worth roughly $5 million – a paltry sum by the standards of his super-monied peers – as a spate of government...
- Bovista plumbea, commonly known as the tumbling puffball, tumbleball, or paltry puffball, is a small puffball mushroom commonly found in Western Europe...
- wide release in three years; it garnered mediocre reviews and grossed a paltry US$4.7 million in its opening w****end. Nevertheless, The Globe and Mail...
- history of journalism. But by confusing gewgaws with pearls, by selecting the paltry at the expense of the significant, by confirming atavistic prejudices, by...
- later, a jeweler determined it was nearly solid gold, paying the family a paltry $3.50. The first do****ented gold find in the United States of any consequence...
- the men in the mills and factories; I am thinking of the women who, for a paltry wage, are compelled to work out their lives; of the little children who...