poxy

comparative poxier · superlative poxiest · alternative poxie

1. medicineSuffering from pox.
2. figurativelySickening; unsatisfactory; generally bad.

   Being a pop star means its goodbye to starving in a poxy garret.

   1990 January 13, David Quantick, Steven Wells, “Is It Rock Art Or Is It Nart?”, in New Musical Express

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   “Everyone bally [balaclava]^([sic]) up, tool up,” said one man. “Let’s show the fucking media that we’re not a fucking pushover, that no more fucking foreigners are allowed into this poxy country.”

   2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

3. UKderogatoryslangUnimportant, worthless.