measly
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
mea′sly (mē′zly), adjective
1. Infected with measles.
2. Zoology Containing larval tapeworms; — said of pork and beef.
3. Contemptibly small in quantity; meager; absurdly insufficient or bad; as, a measly few dollars for all that work.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors