She depends on him for her food and the merest scrap of her clothing, if any.

I started teaching ceramics with the merest little scrap of knowledge.

"Giving the keep of such an important document to a mere scrap of a girl."

India cannot accept the concept that the grain commitments are mere scraps of paper.

It was a mere scrap of parchment, brought in from outside the hall by one of his own men.

It is derived from the eagerness with which a dog will respond when called by its owner, even for mere scraps.

After the discovery the papers, many of them mere scraps, found their way into various collections around the world.

The famous line "The Britons will go to war for a mere scrap of paper?"

This agreement turned out to be a mere scrap of paper.

Outside the Senate, there were mere scraps of scattershot interviews to be heard.