transitive. With it. To feign poverty. Obsolete.
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释义 | the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > plead poverty (5) mitch1611 transitive. With it. To feign poverty. Obsolete. to make a poor mouth1753 regional (Scottish and U.S.) and Irish English. to make a poor mouth: to plead poverty, to complain. Also to put on (also up) a poor mouth. to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth1868 to cry (also play, talk, etc.) poor-mouth: to plead poverty. poor-mouth1930 intransitive. To claim to be poor; to make protestations of poverty, lack of funds, etc. to put on (also plead, etc.) the béal bocht1960 Complaint of poverty or misfortune, esp. intended to elicit sympathy. Often in to put on (also plead,etc.) the béal bocht: to make (unjustified)… |
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