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pittance

/ˈpɪtəns/ nom C2

En français : pitance

  1. A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
  2. A meagre allowance of money or wages.
  3. A small amount.

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It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to a very serious extent.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 52 · B2
“I fancy old Frankland allows her a pittance, but it cannot be more, for his own affairs are considerably involved.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 137 · C1
Ten young descendants of Marius and the Gracchi, barefooted and out at elbows, with one hand resting on the hip and the other gracefully curved above the head, stared at the traveller, the post-chaise, and the horses; to these were added about fifty little vagabonds from the Papal States, who earned a pittance by diving into the Tiber at high water from the bridge of St.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1063 · C1

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