poorish
adjEtymology From poor + -ish.
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Somewhat poor.
- The bread-and-butter were good enough, but the ale poorish. Oh, for an Act of Parliament to force people to brew good ale!1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales:
- 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 […]1957, H. E. Bates, Sugar for the Horse: