Usually means: Somewhat poor, not entirely impoverished.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word poorish:

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  1. poorish: Merriam-Webster
  2. poorish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. poorish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. poorish: Wordnik
  5. poorish: Wiktionary
  6. poorish: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. poorish: Dictionary.com
  8. poorish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Somewhat poor.

Similar:
quite poor, semipoor, sorry, woeful, poverty-ridden, piss poor, cheapish, third-rate, punk, poor as a barber's cat, more...

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quite poor, semipoor, sorry, woeful, poverty-ridden, piss poor, cheapish, third-rate, punk, poor as a barber's cat, more...



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