"scants" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scants.wav
Rhymes: -ænts Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} scants
  1. plural of scant Tags: form-of, plural Form of: scant
    Sense id: en-scants-en-noun-y7mts39x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scants.wav
Rhymes: -ænts Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} scants pl (plural only)
  1. A type of underwear worn by men. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-scants-en-noun-AOS7aiQR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Underwear Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Underwear: 0 100
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Download raw JSONL data for scants meaning in English (2.1kB)

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