"meia-dúzia de gatos-pingados" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: meias-dúzias de gatos-pingados [plural]
Etymology: Literally "half a dozen of gatos-pingados (funeral officers)", alluding to a funeral with very low attendance. Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|meias-dúzias de gatos-pingados|head=meia-dúzia de gatos-pingados}} meia-dúzia de gatos-pingados f (plural meias-dúzias de gatos-pingados)
  1. (idiomatic) very few people attending an event Tags: feminine, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-meia-dúzia_de_gatos-pingados-pt-noun-GwYPNv8Z
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) very few people in any context Tags: broadly, feminine, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-meia-dúzia_de_gatos-pingados-pt-noun-xRtyk8ar Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meia-dúzia de gato-pingado

Alternative forms

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