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Meanings of poorly clad in English

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Usage of poorly clad in English
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Let us try, nevertheless: even when poorly clad, truth is still beautiful.
The Life of the Spider
2
Both were very wet, very cold, ravenously hungry, and rather poorly clad.
The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double R...
3
They were all poorly clad, and many of them in rags.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
4
On the couch sat Carlotta, white and pinched and poorly clad.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
5
Those whom we saw were all poorly clad, and looked dirty.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
6
There were no persons poorly clad, and all looked happy, sturdy, and independent.
The Englishwoman in America
7
They were poorly clad and lingered bashfully in the corner between door and fireplace.
The Treasure
8
In me they saw only a poorly clad, sea-going person.
1492
9
He kept no servant, lived in a small tenement, and was always poorly clad.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
10
He carries a big bundle, is very poorly clad, and seems tired and hungry.
Androcles and the Lion
11
The newcomer was a medium-sized man, rough-faced, and poorly clad.
The Short Line War
12
He was an ill-looking person, poorly clad,-what ,incommon parlance, we should call seedy.
Mr. Scarborough's Family
13
They were not common looking, poorly clad, dirty street musicians.
Tales of the Road
14
She was in Leningrad and Moscow and found the population dirty and poorly clad.
The new yorker
15
Both were poorly clad, and it seemed to me that the child had stockingless feet.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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It seemed to be crowded with discontented, unhappy people, with sad faces and poorly clad.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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