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a. (context idiomatic English) rare and scarce.
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Few and Far Between is a six track EP from hardcore punk band, Count Me Out. It was released in June, 1999 on Ambassador Records and subsequently resulted in a deal with Indecision Records.
Usage examples of "few and far between".
There were scattered log schoolhouses, but they were few and far between.
Most of the country was woodland and scrub, with farms few and far between.
They felt lucky to have him along, knowing none of the local domesticated animals or ground vehicles were suited to the mountain terrain and aircraft were few and far between on Dellalt.
There were no more seats in the room, suggesting to Tristan that visitors were few and far between.
Because bare feminine feet were not commonly on display in the Orchard Street ghetto and because outings to Coney Island were few and far between, Joshua's podalic passions gradually were transferred to shoes.
They-they simply appear, but their appearances are few and far between.
The southrons had closed all the glideway lines into Marthasville, and east of the city those were few and far between.
Most of the country was woodland and scrub, with farms few and far between—.
These keepers of shanties were a peculiar race, and at the cost of a digression it may he interesting to explain how they managed to amass considerable sums of money in a land where travellers were few and far between.
Those would be few and far between in an action of this sort, but she'd stepped over to snap a mask down over Adele's face when something massive hit the ship.
The lanterns were few and far between here, hurtful to eyes night-adapted by hours beneath the earth.