They hired no other servants after their arrival, which, however, struck nobody as an admission of scantness of means.
"A Red Wallflower"
Susan Warner
Such a street, in the first place; then this little bit of a house; and then, there was more than that; he could see tokens unmistakeable of scantness of means.
"A Red Wallflower"
Susan Warner
The embarrassment arising from the immediate scantness of officers led naturally, if perhaps somewhat irreflectively, to a great number of admissions to the Naval Academy, disregardful of past experience with the '41 Date, and of the future, when room at the top would be lacking to take in all these youngsters as captains and admirals.
"From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life"
Captain A. T. Mahan