have-a-little

English

Noun

have-a-little (plural have-a-littles)

1. A somewhat poor or underprivileged person, better off than a have-not.
   • 2012, Joan C. Williams, Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, page 202:

     A Canarsie housewife said it best: We never join the have-a-littles with the have-nots to fight the haves. We make sure the have-a-littles fight the have-nots. That's the shame of it