See poor boy on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "See po' boy.",
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"Alternative form of po' boy, a type of sandwich."
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"text": "Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:pauper"
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"ref": "1975, Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody:",
"text": "I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.",
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poor, boy: especially, an impoverished male child."
],
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"word": "bankrupt"
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{
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"word": "beggar"
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{
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"word": "indigent"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "insolvent"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "have not"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "lack-all"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "Lazarus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "pauper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "penny-father"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "poor"
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}
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"ipa": "/poɹ bɔɪ/",
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],
"word": "poor boy"
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"etymology_text": "See po' boy.",
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{
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"word": "beggar"
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{
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"word": "indigent"
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{
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"word": "insolvent"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "have not"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "lack-all"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "Lazarus"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "pauper"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:pauper",
"word": "penny-father"
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{
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"word": "poor"
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/poɹ bɔɪ/",
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]
}
],
"word": "poor boy"
}
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