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poor box

A box, such as one to be found in a church, used for collecting alms.

poor box

(Social Welfare) a box, esp one in a church, used for the collection of alms or money for the poor

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poor box - box for collecting alms, especially one in a church

alms box, mite box

box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"

Translations

poor box n → cassetta per i poveri

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alms box box evil mite box poor			He took one of the poor boxes off the counter and used it to beat Alan in the face. KINDLY ACT ENDS IN VIOLENT BEATING by The Mirror (London, England) In the old days, churches used to open their poor boxes the day after Christmas and give the money to the needy. Good Elf to all this Christmas; Festivities according to children by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Several years before he had stolen the wallet of a pompous cotton merchant at the Adelphi named Angus Critchley and put most of the proceeds in poor boxes across the city. Flashback: Tom Slemen: Tales from the past by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			pool table Poole Pooler Pooling pooling of interest poolroom pools pools coupon poolside poon Poona Poonac Poonah painting poonce Poonga oil poontang poop poop deck poop out pooped pooper-scooper Pooping Poopó poor poor box poor boxes poor boy Poor Clares poor devil poor farm poor fish Poor heart poor law poor man's orange poor man's orchid poor man's pulse Poor man's treacle poor man's weatherglass poor mouth poor people poor person poor rate poor rates poor relation Poor soldier poor speller poor white poor white trash Poor-john poor-spirited Poor-will			poops poops out poops out poops out Poopy Poopy Poopy Poopy Poopy Loopy Pipes Poopy pants poor poor poor poor poor Poor Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination poor administration Poor and Progress Assistance Poor Annie Poor Annie poor as a church mouse poor as a church mouse poor as a church mouse poor as church mice poor as church mice poor as church mice Poor Bloody Infantry Poor Bloody Infantry Poor Bloody Infantry poor box poor boxes poor boy poor boys Poor Bugger Poor Build Quality poor but clean Poor But Happy poor chance Poor Christian Liberation Movement Poor Clare Poor Clare Poor Clare Collettines Poor Clares Poor Clares Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration poor cluster Poor countries Poor countries Poor countries Poor country Poor country Poor country poor devil Poor Dumb Bastard Poor Early Graft Function poor farm poor farm Poor feeding Poor feeding Poor feeding Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon

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