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Meanings of poor devils in English

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Usage of poor devils in English
1
He had always wondered about the poor devils in underground torture chambers.
The Fortieth Door
2
The poor devils there now will make good use of the relief.
Men in War
3
He pitied the poor devils, but he did not believe in them.
Obiter Dicta: Second Series
4
The natives present laughed as they saw the poor devils struggle along.
Across Unknown South America
5
Of course the poor devils getting the treatment didn't have a choice.
Death angel
6
The poor devils are frightened out of their lives by headquarter spies.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
7
The poor devils had stolen nothing but a small cask of rum.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
8
Altogether, we have accounted for nearly two score of the poor devils.
The Wings of the Morning
9
Think, Joe, of all those poor devils down in the mining districts.
The Deluge
10
I expect those poor devils of waiters have slept your order off.
Max
11
How it must be with the poor devils for'ard is beyond conceiving.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
12
Those poor devils are starting out with too much of a handicap.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
13
But authors are always poor devils, and therefore Satan may take them.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4
14
I suppose an English poor devil's the poorest of all poor devils.
A Passionate Pilgrim
15
Leave that to the poor devils who've got nothing better to do.
Night and Day
16
Well, decent-like Gene is seen' them poor devils get a square meal.
The Light of the Western Stars
This collocation consists of:
Poor devils through the time
Poor devils across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare