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Not promising money after they turned up (from Calais, that is) (4)

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slim

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'not promising' is the definition.
(as in slim chances)

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(Other definitions for slim that I've seen before include "Lean" , "insufficient" , "Very small; WW2 Burma commander" , "Take off weight as by dieting" , "without much body" .)

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