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Meanings of poor feller in English

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Usage of poor feller in English
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The poor feller never had a chance after he was caught.
Baldy of Nome
2
I wouldn't say anything to hurt the poor feller's feelin's fer-
Green Fancy
3
They finally put him in the booby hatch, poor feller.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
4
Binna fur a aged, poor feller like me to say.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
5
I once know'd a poor feller as was hanged for murderin' his old grandmother.
Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
6
The poor feller was nigh about dead for love the day we sot on the summit.
A Dream of Empire; Or, The House of Blennerhassett
7
I poor feller in gray laid not fur off, shot through the lungs and dyin' fast.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
8
They et him, too, poor feller -biledhim.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
9
Say, gents, can't yeh give a poor feller a couple of cents t' git a bed?
Men, Women, and Boats
10
I'll 'phone fer 'Doc' Little and 'Doc' Yardley, an' have an ambulance sent fer the poor feller.
Radio Boys Cronies; Or, Bill Brown's Radio
11
My old dog picked up something this morning that he oughtn't to have, and he's dead, poor feller.'
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
12
Say, mister, you wouldn't go to hurt a poor feller what never done you no harm, now, would you?
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
13
That poor feller Brand.
The Heart of Unaga
14
She took the poor feller by the collar and we was afraid she would have shook the life out of him.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917
15
It would save a poor feller from havin' palpitation of the heart, which they tell me is bad for the appetite.
Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay; Or, The Disappearing Fleet
16
For ye see, shepherd, though 'tis very well for a woman, dang it all, 'tis awkward for a man like him, poor feller?
Far from the Madding Crowd
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