poor box alms box mite box | box for collecting alms, especially one in a church |
poor law | a law providing support for the poor |
Standard and Poor's Standard and Poor's Index | a broadly based stock market index |
f bomber grinder hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep | a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments), different names are used in different sections of the United States |
poor people poor | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group), the urban poor need assistance |
white trash poor white trash | (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished |
poor devil wretch | someone you feel sorry for |
poor person have-not | a person with few or no possessions |
speller good speller poor speller | someone who spells words |
stupid stupid person stupe dullard dolt pudding head pudden-head poor fish pillock | a person who is not very bright, The economy, stupid! |
scarlet pimpernel red pimpernel poor man's weatherglass Anagallis arvensis | herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather |
horse gram horse grain poor man's pulse Macrotyloma uniflorum Dolichos biflorus | twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder, sometimes placed in genus Dolichos |
butterfly flower poor man's orchid schizanthus | any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers |
poor rates | a local tax for the relief of the poor |
pusillanimous poor-spirited unmanly | lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution, contemptibly fearful |
hapless miserable misfortunate pathetic piteous pitiable pitiful poor wretched | deserving or inciting pity, a hapless victim, miserable victims of war, the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic- Galsworthy, piteous appeals for help, pitiable homeless children, a pitiful fate, Oh, you poor thing, his poor distorted limbs, a wretched life |
poor | unsatisfactory, a poor light for reading, poor morale, expectations were poor |
poor | having little money or few possessions, deplored the gap between rich and poor countries, the proverbial poor artist living in a garret |
poor | lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances, a poor land, the area was poor in timber and coal, food poor in nutritive value |
poor | characterized by or indicating poverty, the country had a poor economy, they lived in the poor section of town |
inadequate poor short | not sufficient to meet a need, an inadequate income, a poor salary, money is short, on short rations, food is in short supply, short on experience |