Add to ORKGpoor aPitiable. Invariably used with reference to the dead: 'Poor John died a year ago today.'Used IUsed INot use
poor aIt was the season your poor mother passed away.GMS Nov 80Used IUsed INot use
poor aBefore name of deceased.Criticism Re- fileAPR 23 1988 WkUsed IUsed INot use
poor aCald in French _Poure Gens_, in English corruptly _Poore John_, being the principall Fish br...
poor aEvery dead man, by the way, is always spoken of as "poor Tom," "poor John," or the like. You...
poor a_Poor_ was a term of respect used when referring to the dead, in other words, there was not ...
poor a-used as a sign of respect. Residents of Winterton Trinity Bay use the word 'poor' when spe...
poor aThose who are gone [i.e. dead] are never spoken of without the appellation "poor".PRINTED IT...
poor apoor - deceased - (poor old grandfather) poor - thin - poor as a ravenJH 4/74Used IUsed INo...
poor a[I did] hear poor father say he come from somewhere - I don't know _ not _he never come from...
poor aPoor old nother learned them to me.She used to set me up in chair an' learn me that song.Poo...
poor aAdj. usually prefixed to name of all deceased persons.G.M.Story April 1962PRINTED ITEMUsed IU...
poor a....primitive now,like 'twas when_in my poor grandfather's day, they had a bakin' pot,an' t...
poor marl_poor marl_ Vocabulary: _"poor mart'l"_ This expression is used when referring to an unf...
poor aPoor old grandfather would tell the girl or the _ whoever was cookin' "Get the kettle on,mai...
poor mortalsympathetic reference to anyone in distress.See cited quotation.JH 12-69Not usedNot usedW...
poor aIt was the season your poor mother passed away.GMS Nov 80Used IUsed INot use
poor aBefore name of deceased.Criticism Re- fileAPR 23 1988 WkUsed IUsed INot use
poor aCald in French _Poure Gens_, in English corruptly _Poore John_, being the principall Fish br...
poor aEvery dead man, by the way, is always spoken of as "poor Tom," "poor John," or the like. You...
poor a_Poor_ was a term of respect used when referring to the dead, in other words, there was not ...
poor a-used as a sign of respect. Residents of Winterton Trinity Bay use the word 'poor' when spe...
poor aThose who are gone [i.e. dead] are never spoken of without the appellation "poor".PRINTED IT...
poor apoor - deceased - (poor old grandfather) poor - thin - poor as a ravenJH 4/74Used IUsed INo...
poor a[I did] hear poor father say he come from somewhere - I don't know _ not _he never come from...
poor aPoor old nother learned them to me.She used to set me up in chair an' learn me that song.Poo...
poor aAdj. usually prefixed to name of all deceased persons.G.M.Story April 1962PRINTED ITEMUsed IU...
poor a....primitive now,like 'twas when_in my poor grandfather's day, they had a bakin' pot,an' t...
poor marl_poor marl_ Vocabulary: _"poor mart'l"_ This expression is used when referring to an unf...
poor aPoor old grandfather would tell the girl or the _ whoever was cookin' "Get the kettle on,mai...
poor mortalsympathetic reference to anyone in distress.See cited quotation.JH 12-69Not usedNot usedW...
poor aIt was the season your poor mother passed away.GMS Nov 80Used IUsed INot use
poor aBefore name of deceased.Criticism Re- fileAPR 23 1988 WkUsed IUsed INot use
poor aCald in French _Poure Gens_, in English corruptly _Poore John_, being the principall Fish br...