starvation corner
n.— «Militarily and economically they seem to be sitting at the starvation corner of the family table.» —“The Two Newest States Treated Like Stepchildren” by Holmes Alexander Reno Evening Gazette (Nevada) May 28, 1963. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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