Poor Box

  

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Poor Box

Definition: Poor Box

Poor Box

Noun

1. Box for collecting alms, especially one in a church.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Poor Box

Synonyms: alms box (n), mite box (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Poor Box

Language Translations for "poor box"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kuti ndihmash për varfanjakët. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏صندوق الحسنات. (various references)

   

German

  

armenbüchse, almosenbüchse. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

קופסת צ"ק". (various references)

   

Italian

  

cassetta per i poveri. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oorpay oxbay

   

Portuguese

  

desgraçado (abject, hapless, miserable, unblessed, unfortunate, unlucky, woeful, woesome, wretch, wretched). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cepillo para limosnas. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fattigbössa. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sadaka kutusu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Poor Box

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-o-o-o-p-r-x"

-3 letters: boor, broo, poor.

-4 letters: boo, bop, box, bro, orb, oxo, pox, pro, rob.

-5 letters: bo, op, or, ox.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Poor Box


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 6F 72      42 6F 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101111 01110010 00100000 01000010 01101111 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#66 &#111 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 006F 0072      0042 006F 0078

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

508181842368190

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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