measly , adj : Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms). Of a person: infected with measles. Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount; miserable, paltry, trifling.
Cibo e viaggi / Food and travel notes by Livio Acerbo
measly , adj : Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms). Of a person: infected with measles. Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount; miserable, paltry, trifling.