† incopiousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not copious; limited, restricted in quantity.
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poor?c1225
scarce1297
straitc1386
feeblea1513
scant1556
niggardly1564
slender1564
limited1590
scanted1594
sparing1602
scantled1604
stinted1629
exiguous1630
unlavished1635
scanty1658
unprofuse1727
costivea1734
incopious1734
niggard1751
jimp1768
skimped1839
stingy1854
restricted1856
niggard-measured1881
1734 H. Carey Trag. Chrononhotonthologos i. i. 13 This World is too incopious to contain 'em.
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adj.1734- to play at duck and drake
- to play at duck and drake with
- to play at fast and loose
- to play at forsat
- to play at hand over head
- to play at handy-dandy
- to play at handydandy
- to play at hardheads
- to play at heads and thraws
- to play at hot cockles
- to play at house
- to play at houses
- to play at long ball
- to play at long balls
- to play at long bowls
- to play at mumbudget
- to play at peep-arm
- to play at peeparm
- to play at ramp
- to play at ramps
- to play at rob-thief
- to play at robthief
- to play at see-saw
- to play at seesaw
- to play at small game rather than sit out