poortith
Britishnoun
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His wit gat wings and would hae flown, but pinchin' poortith pu'd him down.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I'm thinking, wi' sic a braw fellow, In poortith I might mak a fen; What care I in riches to wallow, If I maunna marry Tam Glen!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
But wi' poortith, hearts het as a cinder, Will cauld as an iceshugle turn.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
O poortith cauld, and restless love, cold poverty Ye wreck my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 'twere na for my Jeanie.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
Despite sickness, poortith, want and all, he was grinding all his life at the one job he revelled in.
From Courage by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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