Mager
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Adjective



  1. lean
  2. thin, spare, skinny, scrawny
  3. poor, meagre

Adjective



  1. lean, (nearly) without fat
  2. meager, skinny, thin
  3. poor, pitiful, skim
    Zo'n mager loon betekent magere melk en mager vertier!
    Such meager wages mean skinned milk and poor entertainment!
  4. infertile (said of soil); weak

Etymology


Old High German magar, cognate with meager, Dutch and Swedish mager etc.
 
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