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Short commons

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  1. 1
    Meagre rations. figuratively, plural, plural-only, sometimes

    "The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons."

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