adjective
Example Sentences
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"Phew-ts!—e-eh what a ding ma puir buit wad a gotten if a'd had it on!!"
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
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 Alexander Leighton
He was a puir thing, the driver explained, who went wrong only four years ago.
From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
"I hae little doot o' that, Cubby," said the other; "but I hope puir Jeanie hears naething o' a' this."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
Her troubles are begun, puir body—Annie Saugster’s—I mean.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
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