Since when had he, Nell's favorite, rated such meager fare in the morning?

Then may I offer you the meager fare of our offiziers' mess?

His stomach groaned as he considered his meager fare.

Even when he had worked in the kitchen, his position as keep boy earned him only meager fare.

Later they would sit down to a heartier meal but at the moment, Cameron's stomach grumbled over the meager fare.

Skif went a little cold when he thought about a child trying to live on such meager fare.

She was getting hungry for more than the meager fare she was being offered.

Such an occasion calls for the finest meal, and yet I can offer you only this meager fare in less than acceptable surroundings.

After eating this meager fare, I walked slowly to the library and sat outside on the steps until it opened, thinking forward to lunch.

The apple he might keep for himself, and it would vary agreeably his usual meager fare.