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Mean :: Mean (superl.) Of poor quality; as, mean fare..

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

Destitute :: Destitute (a.) Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

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

Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..

Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine..

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..

Birrus :: Birrus (n.) A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head..

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

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..

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

Slim :: Slim (superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument..

Indigent :: Indigent (a.) Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous.

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

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

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

Sorrily :: Sorrily (adv.) In a sorry manner; poorly.

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

Hospitaler :: Hospitaler (n.) One residing in a hospital, for the purpose of receiving the poor, the sick, and strangers..

Pauper :: Pauper (n.) A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor..

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