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poor dab

noun
/ˌpʊə(ɹ)ˈdæb/UK/ˌpuə ˈdab/

Etymology

From poor + dab (“small child, chit; untidy woman”).

  1. inherited from dabbe
  2. inherited from dabben
  3. compounded as poor dab — “poor + dab”

Definitions

  1. Someone to be pitied, poor thing

  2. poor thing

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for poor dab. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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