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[ noun ] a small and inadequate amount

Synonyms

scarceness

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

Scarcity of paper caused many Southerners to adopt the practice of cross writing , i._e. , after writing from left to right of the page in the usual manner , they gave the sheet a half turn and wrote from end to end across the lines previously written .

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