Poorsies

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Poor people. humorous, plural, plural-only

    "One male friend said, “Marion likes to compare poorsies,” but when I talked to her she was nonrevealing about her background to the point of being both petty and hostile."

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"One male friend said, “Marion likes to compare poorsies,” but when I talked to her she was nonrevealing about her background to the point of being both petty and hostile."

Etymology

From poor + -sies.

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