poor-mouth
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The city can’t cry poor-mouth, pleading a lack of money as a defense for allowing this outrageous condition to exist.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2019
He’d have to make a call, poor-mouth into the phone until his father’s wallet spit out more bills.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2013
On other the hand, in a contentious divorce, the goal is typically to poor-mouth your personal balance sheet as much as possible.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2010
Headed by Paul Grindle, a Cambridge importer, and Boston Lawyer David Goldberg, the organization talked poor-mouth, reported that of their $25,000 costs in New Hampshire, only $8,000 has actually been paid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cushing could count on the piddling $1,000,000 voted by the state, but even in his most poor-mouth moment, he never envisioned that the games could be staged for less than $2,000,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manfred has poor-mouthed the experience of team ownership, asserting that most owners could have done better by investing in the stock market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
He gave Katherine Heigl time to describe getting snubbed at a restaurant by her “Knocked Up” co-star Seth Rogen because she had poor-mouthed the movie in a Vanity Fair interview.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2016
He poor-mouthed to reporters that Brother Martin was bigger than Louisiana State and Tulane.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2012
"Maybe I poor-mouthed his chances too much, but I think he could have been nominated."
From Time Magazine Archive
The sharks and other large fishes, which have appeared in the Silurian, easily displace these clumsy and poor-mouthed competitors One almost thinks of the aeroplane superseding the navigable balloon.
From The Story of Evolution by Joseph McCabe
Any poor-mouthing attempts by MLB were preempted last week by the release of the Atlanta Braves’ financial statements, revealing a $104 million profit in 2021.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Consumer advocates naturally are skeptical of the utilities' poor-mouthing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2018
Learning that one of Wallace's aides was poor-mouthing his chances of becoming President, she braced the man, threatened to get him fired if he expressed such a sentiment again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Constant poor-mouthing can either grow tedious or, worse, seem like trolling for compliments.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor did the fans feel very sorry for the owners, who, despite their poor-mouthing, toss about millions of dollars, largely, it sometimes seems, for the privilege of hanging about their employees' locker room.
From Time Magazine Archive
