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Meanings of poor beast in English

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Usage of poor beast in English
1
The Lama forthwith skinned the poor beast and stuffed it with hay.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
2
The effect of it was to make the poor beast quite ungovernable.
Finished
3
In a little the poor beast rises, and shambles out lurching queerly.
The House on the Borderland
4
Macco was quickly up a tree, and soon captured the poor beast.
In the Eastern Seas
5
I'd hate to just wound the poor beast, and have him suffer.
Chums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat
6
The girl stooped and kissed the poor beast's neck, but spoke nothing.
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
7
A poor beast you are, if a dog has never loved you.
A Spinner in the Sun
8
She's quite done out, poor beast; and John, you'll help your brother.
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
9
You don't look very happy, John, nor that poor beast of yours.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
10
And thou, poor beast of a Claudius, how thou hast been sold!
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Race...
11
The poor beast fell in; eventually we had to kill him-itwas awful.
Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
12
The gates were wide open; the poor beast could roam where he pleased.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
13
A stream of blood was pouring from the side of the poor beast.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
14
He still held the reins and endeavoured to drag the poor beast up.
Carette of Sark
15
Panting and staggering, the poor beast shows the abuse of a merciless rider.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
16
I could kill the poor beast at three times that distance.
A Simpleton
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Poor beast through the time
Poor beast across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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