have-a-little

noun

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

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nounhave-a-little (plural have-a-littles)

plural have-a-littles

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

    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

    2012, Joan C. Williams, Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, page 202
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