poor old

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English

Adjective

poor old (not comparable)

(informal) Used to indicate that one has sympathy for something or someone familiar that does not have an optimal situation.

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References

“poor old” (US) / “poor old” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
“poor old sb/sth” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
“good poor silly old etc somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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