Citations:ill-off


 * 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. IV, Happy
 * We demand Free-Trade, with much just vociferation and benevolence, That the poorer classes, who are terribly ill-off at present, may have cheaper New-Orleans bacon. Men ask on Free-trade platforms, How can the indomitable spirit of Englishmen be kept up without plenty of bacon?