FEW, FEWNESS
ADJECTIVES
► FEWSOME very few → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NOT ENOUGH TO DUST A FIDDLE very few, not much → 1907 Amer. dial.
► THIN few, scarce → 1853 Sc.
NOUNS
► COUPLE-THREE two or three; a few, several → 1935 Amer. dial.
► CURN a small number or quantity; a few → 1785 Eng. dial.
► DEVIL A MANY not many, a few → 1891 Sc.
► PUCKLE a small quantity of anything; an indefinite amount, a few → B1900 Sc.
► QUAW-THREE one or two; a few → 1844 Sc.
► RARENESS thinness; fewness, scantiness → 1588 obs.
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