poormouth

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That he did this while simultaneously pleading poormouth to the team's city and state and threatened to put the Colts on Route 66 to California betrayed a family resemblance that the locals took seriously.

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  1. transitive verb To speak ill of.
  2. intransitive verb To claim poverty as an excuse or a defense: always poormouths when asked to donate to charity.
  3. noun An exaggerated assertion of poverty.

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  • That he did this while simultaneously pleading poormouth to the team's city and state and threatened to put the Colts on Route 66 to California betrayed a family resemblance that the locals took seriously. —  Can't Stop The Bleeding
  • "They were crying poormouth," a union member said, "saying there's no advertising revenues. —  Home - BostonHerald.com
 

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