"povvo" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-povvo.ogg [Australia] Forms: more povvo [comparative], most povvo [superlative]
Etymology: Probably poverty + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poverty|o}} poverty + -o Head templates: {{en-adj}} povvo (comparative more povvo, superlative most povvo)
  1. (slang) Poor, penniless. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-povvo-en-adj-XQVbA-Fb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -o Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 69 31

Noun

Audio: En-au-povvo.ogg [Australia] Forms: povvos [plural]
Etymology: Probably poverty + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poverty|o}} poverty + -o Head templates: {{en-noun}} povvo (plural povvos)
  1. (slang) One who is poor, a pauper. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: pov
    Sense id: en-povvo-en-noun-zuxCXT-U Disambiguation of People: 20 80

Inflected forms

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