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Meanings of poor devil in English

Someone you feel sorry for.

Usage of poor devil in English
1
Sentiment; for I believe the poor devil was really fond of me.
The Voice in the Fog
2
The poor devil has reason to toss in his sleep and talk.
Then Marched the Brave
3
The Burgomaster was heartily glad to see the poor devil get it.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
4
I have just been to see a poor devil in quod there.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
5
In the end I shook him off, poor devil, to his death.
Dead Men Tell No Tales
6
It was hard on him, too, the poor devil of a Cockney.
The Road
7
It is not for a poor devil like me to contradict you.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
8
After all, he had done nothing but good to the poor devil.
The End of the Tether
9
If should give an opinion, the poor devil has had too much-
The Red Rover: A Tale
10
That poor devil of a postman had paid dear for his vanity.
Greenmantle
11
Overwork started his illness, kept it alight, and killed him poor devil.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
12
I suppose an English poor devil's the poorest of all poor devils.
A Passionate Pilgrim
13
You poor devil, said I, you are a disgrace to your family.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
14
I hoped so, since the poor devil hadn't been under very long.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
15
Better for him, poor devil, if his back had been prematurely bent.
The Good Soldier
16
It's absurd to think that this poor devil is under my bed.
Theresa Raquin
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Poor devil through the time
Poor devil across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare