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Definition of Poorish
1. somewhat poor [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poorish
Literary usage of Poorish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Switzerland: Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the by Louis Simond (1823)
"... sky had succeeded, threatening a storm, and the opposite shore, instead of a
poorish gray tinge, was now jet black, with a streak of snow on the top. ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1881)
"where, probably, his forefathers may have been possessors, though he was poorish;
how he did this and that of insignificant (to Wordsworth insignificant) ..."
3. An Amiable Charlatan: By E. Phillips Oppenheim... with Illustrations by Will by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916)
"A poorish lot — a poorish lot! Now I was at Dick Stanley's wedding last week —
married Colonel Morrison's daughter, you know. Never saw such jewelry in my ..."
4. An Amiable Charlatan: By E. Phillips Oppenheim... with Illustrations by Will by Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1916)
"A poorish lot — a poorish lot! Now I was at Dick Stanley's wedding last week —
married Colonel Morrison's daughter, you know. Never saw such jewelry in my ..."
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