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You might put a very tiny amount of butter on your toast, and describe it as toast with scant butter. Perhaps you are afraid of getting fat if you eat too much butter, or perhaps you are just out of butter, who knows.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoA scant means just less than, so if it was 1/2 cup scant butter, its just below half a cup :)
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