poorish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poorish
Example Sentences
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Despite this natural abundance, Minas Gerais was a poorish state in 1950, its industrial growth, as in all of Brazil, sadly hindered by lack of adequate electric power and transportation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Synonyms are glop, shmo, jerk, goof, sad sack, "Marty," poorish.
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She describes her home as "a poorish palace but a palace."
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But since an Old Deal first quarter and a poorish New Deal last quarter offset the spring and summer boom, the harvest was not as bountiful as John Investor had hoped.
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My friend," zaid he, "that's poorish livèn vor ye In thik there leäze.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William
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