Poor-willie

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• Poor

  ·superl Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. II. Poor ·superl Inadequate; insuffi...

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• Poor

  The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. 1) They had the right of gleaning...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Poor

  The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• willie-pourit

  A northern name for the seal. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Land-poor

  ·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Poor-john

  ·noun A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. ...

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• Poor-spirited

  ·adj Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Poor-will

  ·noun A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will. ...

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• Poor Jewry

  "Pauperum Judaismum "in parish of St. Olave near the Friars of the Holy Cross in 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 5...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• poor-soldier

  or Soldier-Bird (q.v.), n. another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.),and so named from its cry. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• poor soldier

  See soldier-birdI. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• poor body!

  i. e. Poor Creature. Durham. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• poor john

  Hake-fish salted and dried, as well as dried stock-fish, and bad bacalao, or cod, equally cheap and ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Whip-poor-will

  ·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; — so called ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• (St.) Peter le Poor

  On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.). Earliest mention found in record...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Poor Jewry Lane

  See Jewry Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• poor as job's turkey

  A common simile. The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Stable Yard, Poor Jewry Lane

  West out of Poor Jewry Lane. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746). Site now occupied by bonded warehouses...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.