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poorish

poorish

English

Adjective

poorish ‎(not comparable)

Reasonably poor, quite poor.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Sugar for the Horse
  She [Mrs. Rivers] went on to say something about still waters running deep and it was on the tip of my tongue to make a poorish pun about still Rivers running deep too […]