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Slum :: Slum (n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives..

Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.

Poor-willie :: Poor-willie (n.) The bar-tailed godwit.

Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly..

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

Sandhiller :: Sandhiller (n.) A nickname given to any poor white living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina..

Whip-poor-will :: Whip-poor-will (n.) An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; -- so called in imitation of the peculiar notes which it utters in the evening.

Poorbox :: Poorbox (n.) A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil..

Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods..

Badly :: Badly (adv.) In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

Poorliness :: Poorliness (n.) The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..

Cracker :: Cracker (n.) A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States.

Poor :: Poor (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.

Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

Pan :: Pan (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly..

Outdoor :: Outdoor (a.) Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients..

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