…lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society…
…a collection box, especially one in a church, for gifts of money or other articles towards the relief of the poor…
…a large oval sandwich filled with a range of simple but substantial ingredients…
…a law relating to the support of the poor. Originally the responsibility of the parish, the relief and employment of the poor passed over to the workhouses in 1834. In the early 20th century the Poor Law was replaced by schemes of social security…
…a local tax levied by a parish to finance the relief or support of the poor…
…a member of an order of Franciscan nuns founded by St Clare of Assisi in circa 1212…
…financial assistance given to the poor from state or local community funds…
…a member of an impoverished white underclass, especially one living in the southern US…
…used to express approval (or disapproval or dissatisfaction)…
…a person or thing that is considered inferior or subordinate to others of the same type or group…
…the common potoo (bird), which has a nocturnal call consisting of a number of descending notes…
…an inferior or cheaper substitute for the thing specified…
…a wealthy young person whose money brings them no contentment…
…a group of 500 companies whose average daily share prices are used to calculate an index of the day’s security prices…
…a small child or animal, especially when regarded as an object of sympathy…
…a large oval sandwich filled with a range of simple but substantial ingredients…
