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

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..

Poorly :: Poorly (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

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

Impoor :: Impoor (v. t.) To impoverish.

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

Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete..

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

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick..

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..

Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.

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

Foul :: Foul (superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.

Rhymester :: Rhymester (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.

Botchy :: Botchy (a.) Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.

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

Seedy :: Seedy (superl.) Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat..

Alms :: Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings..

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

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