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Meanings of mere pittance in English
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Usage of mere pittance in English
1
It means ceaseless work, and a mere pittance in return.
2
I ask only for a mere pittance of warmed-over air.
3
Dimitri has received a mere pittance from that which they had stolen from him.
4
Subsequently they were allowed a mere pittance as substitute for the allotted dole of bread.
5
The salaries of their employe's were cut down, in some instances to a mere pittance.
6
Speaking of this time, he says: I labored for a mere pittance, but it was sufficient.
7
The bottom line is that it was a mere pittance compared to what Household had cost them.
8
The men are asking for a mere pittance, and must get it if they are to live.
9
To Torian, it was a mere pittance.
10
The city then rips off great amounts of food for a mere pittance (or for loans).
11
It is a mere pittance nowadays.
12
He takes them at a mere pittance, and sells them at a profit of several hundred per cent.
13
That sum was a mere pittance.
14
He pictured himself reduced to a mere pittance, and held in check and domineered over by a brutal father.
15
Although paid a mere pittance, they never complained of the great physical drudgery that their work too often required.
16
The stupid farmers have given the city permanent control over the production of rice for a mere pittance in subsidies.
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