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Meaning of "poor man's orange" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POOR MAN'S ORANGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POOR MAN'S ORANGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Poor man's orange is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POOR MAN'S ORANGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of poor man's orange in the English dictionary

The definition of poor man's orange in the dictionary is a grapefruit.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POOR MAN'S ORANGE

poor
poor box
poor boy
poor cod
poor law
poor man´s orchid
poor man´s something
poor man´s weatherglass
poor mouth
poor rate
poor relation
poor White
poor-mouth
poor-spirited
poorbox
poorhouse
poori
poorish
poorly
poorness

WORDS THAT END LIKE POOR MAN'S ORANGE

age range
arrange
change
driving range
dynamic range
free-range
grange
Lagrange
long-range
mid-range
mountain range
orange
price range
product range
range
rearrange
salary range
shooting range
short-range
strange
top-of-the-range

Synonyms and antonyms of poor man's orange in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «poor man's orange» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POOR MAN'S ORANGE

Find out the translation of poor man's orange to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of poor man's orange from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «poor man's orange» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

穷人的橙色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

naranja del hombre pobre
570 millions of speakers

English

poor man´s orange
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गरीब आदमी का नारंगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البرتقال الرجل الفقير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оранжевый бедняка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

laranja pobre homem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দরিদ্র মানুষ এর কমলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´ orange pauvre homme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oren orang miskin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arme-Leute- Orange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貧乏人のオレンジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가난한 사람의 오렌지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Orange wong miskin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cam nghèo của con người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏழை மனிதனின் ஆரஞ்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गरीब माणसाचा नारंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zavallı adamın turuncu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arancione dei poveri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biednych pomarańczowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помаранчевий бідняка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

portocaliu om sărac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πορτοκαλί φτωχού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arm man se oranje
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fattiges apelsin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fattigmanns oransje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of poor man's orange

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POOR MAN'S ORANGE»

The term «poor man's orange» is normally little used and occupies the 140.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POOR MAN'S ORANGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «poor man's orange» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «poor man's orange» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about poor man's orange

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POOR MAN'S ORANGE»

Discover the use of poor man's orange in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to poor man's orange and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poor Man's Orange
'She knew the poor man's orange was hers, with its bitter rind, its paler flesh, and its stinging, exultant, unforgettable tang.
Ruth Park, 1977
2
The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins
Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels.
Ruth Park, 2009
3
Frugavore: How to Grow Your Own, Buy Local, Waste Nothing ...
Poor-man's orange marmalade 310. Preserved caramelized onion 312. Quince jelly 314. Preserved lemons 316. Preserved globe artichokes 318. Quick& easy tomato preserve 319. Tomato ketchup 320. Pineapple beer 322. Sauerkraut 324.
Arabella Forge, 2010
4
Ruth Park's Harp in the South Novels: Missus, The Harp in ...
There grow the bittersweet first and last loves of their daughter Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly amid the brothels, the razor gangs and the tenements. Ruth Park is a classic storyteller.
Ruth Park, 1987
5
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
The phrase occurs from the 17th cent. in the names of plants and herbs, e.g. poor man's remedy as a name for wild valerian and poor man's orange denoting a kind of grapefruit. In 19th cent. Australia and the US, poor man's diggings referred  ...
Robert Allen, 2008
6
The Harp in the South Trilogy
Covering a span of over thirty years in the life of the Darcy family, these three iconic novels from Ruth Park take us from first love to hardship via outback Australia and the streets of Surry Hills.
Ruth Park, 2009
7
The Bibliography of Australian Literature: P-Z
... 124 Pook-a-noo, 402 Pool of Dreams, 272 Pool of Quiet, 550 Poor Aunt Amelia , 630 Poor Man's Bean, 718 Poor Man's Orange, 13 Poor Man's Priest, 418 Poor Parson, 241 Pop's Blonde, 196 Popcorn and Porcupines, 737 Poppet and Pete, ...
John Arnold, John Hay, 2009
8
Modern Malaysia in the Global Economy: Political and Social ...
... Cooperation in Malaysia, Tokyo, Institute of Developing Economies, pp. 41 -71. Park, Ruth (1954), 'Poor Man's Orange', Sydney: Penguin Books. Pathmanathan, M. (ed.) (1979). Readings in Malaysian Foreign Policy, Kuala 228 References.
Colin Barlow, 2001
9
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
58, 1991 dead marine noun an empty bottle Australia, m* • So they drank, and the dead marines mounted up in the corner, Where Roie'S Clothes had Once hung— Ruth Park, Poor Man's Orange, p. 152. 1949 • — Jim Ramsay. Cop It Sweet!, p ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
10
Great Fruit & Vegetable Guide
... they tolerate cold temperatures but not frost, so need to be brought inside in winter. suitable for containers spring or fall some resistance not hardy self-fertile midsummer to early winter Also known as “poor man's orange”, it produces medium ...
‎2011

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POOR MAN'S ORANGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term poor man's orange is used in the context of the following news items.
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In the Herald: July 9, 1949
D.G. Martin, after reading the first two instalments of "Poor Man's Orange" in the Sunday Herald, wrote: "I am shocked and ashamed that a serial ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
2
Facing horror: who's who in Seven's serial killer biopic Catching Milat
Other roles include McLeod's Daughters, as well as TV mini-series' The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange. LUCY BELL plays ... «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
3
Books that changed me: Deborah Burrows
THE HARP IN THE SOUTH/POOR MAN'S ORANGE Ruth Park. These books vividly portray a Catholic working-class Irish-Australian family ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 15»
4
Redfern Now's portrayal of urban Aborginal life is long overdue
... portrayals of Aboriginal people in Australian television drama, save the miniseries The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man's Orange. «The Guardian, Nov 13»
5
RIP Robin Clifton
She later collaborated with Buckley on Poor Man's Orange (1987), the miniseries adapted from a Ruth Park novel, and the telemovie Heroes' ... «Inside Film, Nov 13»
6
Our spirited city losing street cred
In her 1949 novel Poor Man's Orange, Ruth Park wrote about the suburb's crusty diversity. "In all that great village of Surry Hills, which clung to ... «The Daily Telegraph, Feb 11»
7
Ruth Park, Australian Realist Author, Dies at 93
The first, “Poor Man's Orange,” was published in the United States in 1951 as “12 1/2 Plymouth Street,” and a prequel, “Missus,” was first ... «New York Times, Jan 11»
8
'Sydney's Dickens', Ruth Park, dies
The New Zealand-born writer's first two novels -- The Harp in the South and its sequel, Poor Man's Orange -- followed the hardscrabble lives of ... «The Australian, Dec 10»

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