Reverse Dictionary: POOR (without money)

ADJECTIVES
► AT BUSHEY PARK ► IN BUSHEY PARK poor, impoverished → E19 sl.
► BADLY OFF not wealthy or fortunate → 1999 (Bk.)
► BAD OFF poor → 1913-17 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BEGGARY beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible → 1542 obs.
► BOWERY pert. to tramps and hobos; hence, impoverished, poor → 1900s sl.
► BROKEN penniless, out of funds, impoverished, poor → M17 sl.
► BUSHED poor, without money → 1812 sl.
► DABRICH poor, needy → c1800 Sc.
► DIRT-DOG POOR very poor → 1960 Amer. dial.
► DOG POOR very poor → 1895 Amer. dial.
► EGENE needy, poor → 1631 obs.
► EGESTUOSE very poor and needy → 1775 obs.
► EGESTUOUS extremely poor and needy → 1656 obs.
► FULL OF MONEY AS A TOAD IS OF FEATHERS, AS penniless, poor, impoverished → 19C 
► GALLOWS POOR very poor → L18 sl.
► HAVELESS without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor → c1000 obs.
► HAVENLESS without possessions, destitute, indigent, poor → c1000 obs.
► HEAN ► HENE mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial → c825 obs.
► ILL-MONIED ill supplied with money, poor → 1608 obs.
► ILL-OFF poor, in impoverished or straitened circumstances → 1820 Sc.
► ILL-TO-DO in poor circumstances, poor, needy → 1853
► MEAN of people and things: poor in quality or condition; comparatively worthless → E19 US sl.
► NACKLE-ASS of persons and things: poor, mean, inferior, paltry → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAUGHTY having or possessing naught; poor, needy → 1377 obs.
► NEEDSOME marked by need; needy, poor → 1870
► NIGGER-RICH very poor or deeply in debt but loaded down with flashy material status symbols → 1933 US sl., offensive unless used by African-Americans
► OFF THE COB poor → 1930s US sl.
► ONE-GALLOWS ► ONE-GALLUS ► ONE-GALLUSED of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people → 1882 Amer. dial.
► ON THE FLOOR poor → 1960 UK rhyming sl.
► ON THE RORY poor, penniless → M19 sl.
► OOFLESS poor, in want of money → 1888 sl.
► ORDINARY inferior, poor, worthless, contemptible, immoral → 1800 Amer. dial.
► ORNERY inferior, poor, insignificant, worthless, contemptible, mean, immoral → 1816 Amer. dial.
► PEBBLE-BEACHED utterly penniless; very poor, destitute; in want of money → 1886 sl.
​► PENURIOUS extremely poor; destitute
► POOR AS A CHURCH-MOUSE very poor, impoverished → 1682
► POOR AS A CONNAUGHT MAN extremely poor → 1802 Anglo-Irish
► POOR AS ADAM’S OFF-OX, AS extremely poor → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS A GROAT comparatively poor → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POOR AS A JAYBIRD extremely poor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS AN OWL very poor → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS A RAT very poor → 1782
► POOR AS A SNAKE very poor, impoverished → 1797 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS BILLY-BE-DAMNED very poor → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS BILLY HELL very poor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS DICK’S HATBAND very poor → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS GAR BROTH very poor → 1912 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS GOD’S OFF OX, AS very poor → 1848 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JACOB’S CAT very poor, having lost everything → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JOB very poor, destitute → 1553 
► POOR AS JOB’S CAT very poor → 1854 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JOB’S CHURCH MOUSE very poor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JOB’S HEN very poor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JOB’S KITE very poor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JOB’S OFF-OX very poor → 1966 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS JOB’S TURKEY very poor → 1830 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS OWL DUNG very poor → 1974 Amer. sl.
► POOR AS OWL SHIT very poor → 1967 Amer. sl.
► POOR AS PISS AND PUNKIN’ very poor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POOR AS POVERTY IN A GALE O’ WIND extremely poor → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POORABLE poor enough; able through poverty → 1570 obs.
► POOR-ASS of very poor quality; extremely poor → 1951 US sl.
► POORER THAN CATWATER very poor → 1958 Amer. dial.
► POORER THAN SKIMMED WHEY extremely poor → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POORFUL poor, poverty-stricken → 1372 obs.
► POVERTY-POOR very poor, destitute → 1911 Amer. dial.
► PURSE-PINCHED in straitened circumstances; habitually poor → 1603 arch.
► PUT TO ONE’S STUMPS poor, hard-up → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► RAGGY-ARSED very poor → 1990s Aust. sl.
► RED-NECKED pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud → 1986 Amer. dial.
► RED-NECKY pert. to a redneck; poor, ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, racist; belligerent, loud → 1986 Amer. dial.
► SCANT poor, badly off → 1715 Sc.
► SCANT IN THE WALLET poor → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIMPLE poor, wretched, pitiful, dismal → a1300 obs.
► SNAKE-POOR very poor, impoverished → 1942 Amer. dial.
► STUMPED poor, hard-up → 1837 sl.
► TORN-DOWN reduced in circumstances → 1877 Eng. dial 
► UNOOFY impoverished, poor → L19 sl.
► UNSPEEDY poor, indigent → 1000 obs.
► UPTIGHT poor, impoverished, lacking money → 1967 sl.
► WAEDLE poor, needy → c1000 obs.
► WANTFUL characterized by deficiency or need; poor, needy → 1607 obs.
► WANTSUM indigent, poor; devoid of → c1200 obs.

NOUNS
► ARMPIT OF THE NATION the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city or town → 1960s sl., orig. US
► ARSEHOLE the least appetizing, poorest, most run-down and potentially dangerous area of a city, town, or place → 1930s sl., orig. US
► BACK-AH-YARD a poor area of the city → 1930s US sl.
► BACK STREET a poor, usually residential, district → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUNKUM TOWN the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUZZARD’S ROW the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CABBAGETOWN the poor area of a town; any run-down urban area; a slum → 1967 sl.
► CODFISH FLATS the poor area of town → 1960s US sl.
► COON BOTTOM a poor part of town, esp. one where poor Black people live → 1968 US sl.
► DOGPATCH the part of a town where the poorer people, or foreign groups live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DOG TOWN a small, out-of-the-way place; a poor or depressed section of a town → 1838 Amer. dial.
► GABBY ROW the area of town where the poor live → 20C US sl.
► GOOSE FLAT a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE GREEN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE HILL a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE HOLLER ► GOOSE HOLLOW a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE NIBBLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSETOWN a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOSEVILLE a nickname for a town or a section of a town, often a poor one → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GREASY CORNER a poor settlement or neighbourhood → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GREASY VALLEY a poor settlement or neighbourhood → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JIM TOWN a poor neighbourhood or settlement → 1946 Amer. dial. nickname
► LOW LIFE the social world of the lower classes; poor or humble society → 1712
► MECHANICS’ ALLEY a poor or run-down part of a town or city → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MECHANICS’ AVENUE a poor or run-down part of a town or city → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MECHANIC STREET a poor or run-down part of a town or city → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MILL TOWN the poor area of a town or city → 1960s US sl.
► MILL VILLAGE the poor area of a town or city → 1960s US sl.
► NAKED CITY the poor area of a town → 1960s US sl.
► NEEDMORE a poor, usually Black section of a town → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PATCH, THE the part of a town where the poorer people, or foreign groups live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PEA HILL a remote, small, or poor place → 1851 Amer. dial.
► PEA RIDGE a remote, small, or poor place → 1851 Amer. dial.
► PEA STICKS a remote, small, or poor place → 1851 Amer. dial.
► PIG ALLEY the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1967 Amer. dial.
► POORALITY poor people collectively → 1536 obs.
► POORHEAD a being poor; poverty → 1340 obs.
► POORTITH a being poor; poverty → a1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► POOR-WORK work done to make clothes, etc., for the poor → 1854 obs.
► RAG ALLEY a nickname for a settlement composed of ‘rag houses’ (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town → 1859 Amer. dial.
► RAG CITY a nickname for a settlement composed of ‘rag houses’ (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town → 1917 Amer. dial.
► RAG TOWN a nickname for a settlement composed of ‘rag houses’ (tents), or a poor or run-down part of town → 1859 Amer. dial.
► RIFF-RAFF the poor, illiterate class → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SHAG-BAG a poor, shabby or worthless fellow; an idle, ragged vagabond → a1700 colloq.
► SIMPLESSE poor or lowly condition; also, lack of elegance or refinement; plainness of dress, etc. → 1390 obs.
► SKID BOULEVARD a jocular term for a living area for poor people→ 1963 Can sl.
► SKUNK ROAD a name for the part of a town where the poorer people, special groups, or foreign groups live → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TAN-YARD the poor-house → 1845 Sc. sl. obs.
► TIN-CAN ALLEY a poor or shabby street or section of town → 1898 Amer. dial.
► WAEDLES the poor → c1000 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ABRAHAM COVE a naked or poor man; a beggar in rags → 1859 cant
► ABRAM a naked or very poor man → 1852 sl. (Bk.)
► ABRAM COVE a naked or poor man → 1724 cant
► ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets → 1910 colloq.
► BACKRA JOHNNY a poor White → 1909 W. Indies sl.
► BANDA a poor, ghetto child → 1994 African-American sl.
► BEGGAR one in indigent circumstances; a poor person → 1340
► BROKER someone who is usually having financial problems; a poor person → L19 sl., orig. Aust.
► CAJUN a poor person of the wooded country of Alabama who subsists by lumbering, turpentine extraction and various odd jobs → 1934 Amer. dial.
► CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone → L17 sl.
► CITY ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets → 1910 colloq.
► CLAY-EATER a poor or low-class person → 1841 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► COUNTRY SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person → 1949 Amer. dial.
► CUNTERMAN a dirty, sloppy, often poor person; a slob → 1981 Amer. dial.
► CUTTERMAN a dirty, sloppy, often poor person; a slob → 1981 Amer. dial.
► DEATH’S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow → 1794
► DIRT-EATER one who eats clay; hence, a poor or low-class person → 1840 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► ECKY-BECKY a poor White person → 1965 Barbados
► ELM PEELER a poor White who peels elm trees for slippery elm, which he sells → 1923 Amer. dial.
► GARBROTH a poor or worthless person → 1832 US sl.
► GAWDELPUS an impoverished labourer → 1909 sl. (Bk.)
► GERMAN a poor White → 1940s W. Indies sl. 
► GIPPO ► GYPPO a member of the Romani people; a Gypsy; also, a poor or ill-kempt person → 1868 now offensive & derogatory
► HAIRY a woman, esp. a poor woman → 1920s Sc. sl.
► JUCKET a poor, uneducated person, often one who marries within his or her family → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► LACK-ALL one who is in want of everything; a thoroughly destitute or poor person; a needy fellow → 1850 
► LINTHEAD a worker in a cotton mill; a poor rural White person → 1933 US sl.
► MILL-CAPON a poor person who sough the charity of those who had grain grinding at the mill → 1827 Sc. obs.
► MOUNT ST MORITZ BAJAN a poor White → 1996 W. Indies
► OAT-CAKE FOLK poor people → 1863 Eng. dial.
► ONE-GALLUSED FELLOW a worthless poor man → 1892 Amer. dial.
► PECK a poor White person → 1932 African-American sl.
► PECKAWOOD ► PECKERWOOD a poor White person → 1929 US sl.
► PIKE a poor White person; a good-for-nothing → 1856 Amer. dial.
► PIKER a poor White migrant from the Southern states of the U.S. (orig. Pike Country, Missouri); hence, a member of a poor underclass, a vagrant or petty criminal → 1859 US western sl., chiefly derogatory
► PINEY-WOODS CRACKER a poor or low-class person → 1872 Amer. dial.
► PINEY-WOOD TACKEYS a poor or low-class person → 1888 Amer. dial.
► POOR BARKER a low-class, poor White person → 1890 Amer. dial.
► POOR BUCKRA a low-class, poor White person → 1836 Amer. dial.
► POORLING a poor person → 1581
► POOR MAN a poor man; a pauper; one who is needy → c1225
► POOR ONE a poor person → 1562 Sc. obs.
► POOR SNAKE a poor, needy, or humble person; a drudge → 1590
► POOR WHITE TRASH poor White people of low social status, esp. when regarded as uneducated or uncultured → 1822 orig. & chiefly US colloq., derogatory
► PORPOISE a pauper, someone who has lost everything and is very poor → 1934 Amer. dial.
► QUARTERER a poor person who is given temporary lodgings by way of charity → 1802 Sc.
► QUARTERMAN a male pauper who was given poor relief by being lodged for a short period at a time in the various houses in the parish → 1908 Sc. obs.
► QUARTER-WIFE a poor woman quartered in a house by the parish → 1898 Sc. obs.
► QUEER COVE ► QUER COVE a poor man → M18 sl.
► QUEER CULL a poor, ill-dressed person → L17 sl.
► QUEER MORT ► QUER MORT a poor woman → M18 sl.
► RAG BABY a poor, ill-clothed woman, who is nonetheless attractive → 20C African-American sl.
► RAGGY-BACKS people who are not well off → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► REDNECK a poor, White, rural Southerner; a White person perceived as ignorant, narrow-minded, boorish, or racist → 1891 Amer. dial., derogatory
► SAGER a rustic; a country bumpkin; a poor White person → 1893 Amer. dial.
► SCHLEPPER ► SHLEPPER a penniless person; a poor person regarded as a parasite → 1949 sl., chiefly US
► SCRUBBER someone who is dirty, or who is perceived as poor → 2012 Brit. sl., offensive (Bk.)
► STREET ARAB a young vagrant; a poor boy playing much in the streets → 1910 colloq.
► TAX-EATER one who is supported from the public revenue. a poor person in receipt of relief → 1818
► TOM DINGLE a poor, wretched fellow → 1711
► WAIF-WOMAN a woman with no possessions or connections → 1776 Sc.
► WALK AND NYAM a poor White; thus a sponger of any race → E19 W. Indies sl.
► WIDDY-WADDY a poor, weak woman → 1777 Eng. dial.
► WOODCHUCK a poor White person → 1994 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► W.T. the poor, working class or underclass pupils (White Trash) → 2000s UK juvenile sl., derogatory
► YARD APE a poor, low-class White person, White trash → 2003 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON – OTHER
► ADMINICULATOR an assistant; an officer, or advocate of the poor → 1795 obs. (Bk.)
► POORMASTER 1853 US – a parish or county officer who superintends the relief and support of the poor

PHRASES
► IF STANDS STIFF IN A POOR MAN’S POCKET used to imply the difficulty poor people find in obtaining their wishes where money is concerned → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LOOKING FOR SALT PORK AND SUNDOWN said of a poor, hungry, and tired worker → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SO POOR HE WOULD LICK THE PAINT OFF THE FENCE extremely poor → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WITHOUT A POT TO PISS IN extremely poor  → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► COME TO WANT to be reduced to penury → 1782 
► CRAWL UNDER THE DOG’S BELLY to live in poverty → 1935 Amer. dial.
► DIE WITHOUT A BED to die poor → 1881 Ireland
► DIE WITHOUT A SHIFT to die poor → 1881 Ireland
► DIE WITHOUT WHOLE BREECHES to die poor → 1881 Ireland
► EMPOVER to impoverish, to make poor → 1474 obs.
► ERUMNATE to impoverish, to make poor or miserable → 1692 obs.
► HAVE ONE’S ARSE OUT OF ONE’S PANTS to be impoverished, poor → 1988 Aust. sl.
► IMPOOR to make poor; to impoverish → 1613 obs.
► POORIFY to make poor; to impoverish → 1711
► POOR-MOUTH to claim to be poor; to make protestations of poverty, lack of funds, etc. → 1930 colloq.