poor mouth

A form of poormouth — A poor (impoverished) person, or one who claims to be so; especially, one who cries poormouth (conspicuously makes this claim).

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Meanings

verbpoor mouth (third-person singular simple present poor mouths, present participle poor mouthing, simple past and past participle poor mouthed)

present singular third person poor mouths · participle present poor mouthing · participle past poor mouthed · past poor mouthed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of poormouth.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poor mouth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poor%20mouth.

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