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Meanings of po in anglès

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Personification or god of the river Po.

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Usage of po in anglès
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Unfortunately, the po-po can't do anything about their relationship until someone claims.
Ebony
2
De quality en de po' folks is all de same ter her.
The Voice of the People
3
You gen'lemen is tryin' to have fun with the po' old nigger.
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Losht, and so's my wee bag and I've bashed my po' hat.
Mr. Standfast
5
She po'ly, Marse Dave, an' she ain' nebber leabe dis year house.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
6
Seems like de Lawd's anointed wuz in po' business, ti'in' out chillens!
The Militants / Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fig...
7
But it would be too po faced to analyse it thus.
The Irish Times
8
Dey'd po' hot pot liquor in de tray an crumble braid in hit.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
9
Except a reputable rare book dealer wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot po-
Finders Keepers
10
You could call it po-mo, but let's leave that to the Barthes groupies.
The Irish Times
11
I've not felt like myself since that hungry Hip-po ate my last straw.
The Tin Woodman of Oz / A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adve...
12
His po liti cal adviser-fairly important guy in the G.O.P.
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13
They was some po' white trash down on Cane Creek, I reckon, suh.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
14
I've got thirty-five guys tonight, most of the regulars retired po-po.
Mr. Mercedes
15
De Lawd knows I doan wanter 'sociate wid no slu-footed, knock-kneed po' whites.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
16
What can the Kung-po Liao do where such ordering is concerned?'
The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
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