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short shrift

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[short shrift] {n.}

Little or no attention. — Usually used with "get" or "give".

* /In books about jobs, women's work is consistently given short shrift./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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