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Singsong :: Singsong (v. i.) To write poor poetry.

Poraille :: Poraille (n.) Poor people; the poor.

Folks :: Folks (n. collect. & pl.) People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks..

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..

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..

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..

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

Scribbling :: Scribbling (a.) Writing hastily or poorly.

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..

Hovel :: Hovel (n.) A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut..

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

Mont De Piete :: Mont de piete () One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house..

Fund :: Fund (n.) An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object..

Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly..

Slipslop :: Slipslop (n.) Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing..

Penny-a-liner :: Penny-a-liner (n.) One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer.

Threepenny :: Threepenny (a.) Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean..

Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

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..

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