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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
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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.