Sentence:  Present on the table, one <WSD>scanty</WSD> pot of tea, one <WSD>scanty</WSD> loaf, two <WSD>scanty</WSD> pats of butter, two <WSD>scanty</WSD> rashers of bacon, two pitiful eggs, and an abundance of handsome china bought a secondhand bargain. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.