Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have-a-little

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.70 in modern English

Syllables: have-a-lit-tle
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A somewhat poor or underprivileged person, better off than a have-not.

Example Sentences

"A Canarsie housewife said it best: We never join the have-a-littles with the have-nots to fight the haves. We make sure the have-a-littles fight the have-nots. That's the shame of it"

Inflected Forms

have-a-littles (plural)

Questions

What does have-a-little mean?: A somewhat poor or underprivileged person, better off than a have-not.

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