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Poor :: Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse..

Poor-john :: Poor-john (n.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality..

Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..

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

Meanly :: Meanly (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.

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..

Shabby :: Shabby (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

Limp :: Limp (n.) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.

Wretched :: Wretched (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin..

Wadmol :: Wadmol (n.) A coarse, hairy, woolen cloth, formerly used for garments by the poor, and for various other purposes..

Heath :: Heath (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling..

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

Parish :: Parish (n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc..

Swiped :: Swipe (n.) Poor, weak beer; small beer..

Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business..

Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse..

Footy :: Footy (a.) Poor; mean.

Impecunious :: Impecunious (a.) Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

Whiteboy :: Whiteboy (a.) One of an association of poor Roman catholics which arose in Ireland about 1760, ostensibly to resist the collection of tithes, the members of which were so called from the white shirts they wore in their nocturnal raids..

Box :: Box (n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box..

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