poorˈness noun

poor box noun

A money box for gifts for the poor

Poor Clare see under Clare

poorˈhouse (or Scot poor'sˈ-house, puir'sˈ-house, -hoose) noun (historical)

A house established at the public expense for sheltering the poor, a workhouse

poor-Johnˈ noun (Shakespeare)

Salt hake

poor law noun

(often in pl) the law or laws relating to the support of the poor

poorˈ-law adjective

poorˈ-mouth intransitive verb

To claim poverty

transitive verb

To malign

poor rate noun (historical)

A rate or tax for the support of the poor

poor relation noun

Any person or thing similar but inferior or subordinate to another

poor relief noun

Money, food, etc for the poor

poor'sˈ-box noun

A poor box

poorˈ-spirˈited adjective

Lacking in spirit

poorˈ-spirˈitedness noun

poor'sˈ-roll noun (Scots law; obsolete)

The list of poor litigants allowed to sue in formā pauperis

poor white noun (usu derogatory)

A member of a class of poor, improvident, and incompetent white people in the Southern states of the USA, South Africa and elsewhere, often called by the blacks poor white trash

poor man of mutton (Scot)

Cold mutton broiled, esp the shoulder

poor man's weather glass

The pimpernel, reputed to close its flowers before rain