poorish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poorish
Example Sentences
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She describes her home as "a poorish palace but a palace."
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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.
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Synonyms are glop, shmo, jerk, goof, sad sack, "Marty," poorish.
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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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Then pretty JANE, though poorish JANE, Ah, never pipe your eye, But meet me, meet me at the Altar, For the price of wheat rules high!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 by Various
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