Meaning of poverty-struck | Babel Free

Definitions

Poverty-stricken; very poor.

uncommon

Examples

“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.”

“Why hadn't she told me? Why had she wanted me to think⟳ her only a poverty-struck little liar? Well, maybe she was a little liar, but a liar with money was something else again. And I did like⟳ that smile⟳.”

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