adjective
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The wee bit lassie seemed to be dwining awa', and Sandy, puir fellow, was just at death's door.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
His puir Guidwife set doun the evenin' meal, An', by the fire, sat birrin' at her wheel.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
My dear, the thought of it is a consolation to many a puir body in Portie the day.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
Ye were once puir yersel'," she went on; "I was once a puir girl with naebody to care for me, and was in service when I was eleven years old.
From In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen by Carpenter, W. Boyd
Ye may be married and awa lang afore she kens onything about it, puir thing.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander
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