Poorish

"Poorish" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The bread-and-butter were good enough, but the ale poorish. Oh, for an Act of Parliament to force people to brew good ale!

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 […]

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