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poverty-struck

adj

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  1. Poverty-stricken

    Poverty-stricken; very poor.

    • I warrant—Such Poverty-ſtruck Devils as you ſhan't ſtay in my Houſe—you ſhall go to Quod, I can tell you that—
    • A more curious figure cannot be conceived than I made; for, my poverty-struck and half-starved appearance was so contrasted with my active pace and flowing spirits, that I bore more the stamp of a lunatic than any thing else.
    • […] the poverty-struck appearance of these appendages is disgraceful to the structure, and even the excuse of utility is wanted to apologise for their excessive meanness.

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