poorly-clad

Updated: May 2, 2025

The huddling crowd of poorly-clad men and women respectfully made way for him, and Dirk looked unutterable thanks for what he considered a great honor. Without a prayer, without a word of consolation, the little one was lowered into the earth amid the wailing of the women, and the shrill and lonely screaming of the fierce and bitter wind.

Glance Gaylord - Culm Rock: The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught

I'll call for you at seven-thirty sharp." And he left him cleaning up for his mid-day lunch. When Charlie returned to the office that evening he found Dick dressed ready to go, and a strange contrast the latter presented to the poorly-clad, half-starved tramp who had walked into Boyd City only a few weeks before.

Harold Bell Wright - That Printer of Udell's

While he was gazing with wide-staring eyes at everything about him, a colored porter entered the car and languidly glanced from one to another of the occupants, as though making a mental calculation of the tips he would receive, when his eyes fell on the poorly-clad figure of Bob, holding his box of lunch on his knees.

Frank V. Webster - Bob Chester's Grit : Or, From Ranch to Riches