PAL'TRY, adjective [Gr. vile, and to fail.] Ragged; mean; vile; worthless; despicable; as a paltry boy; a paltry slave; a paltry trifle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.