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Read the excerpt from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, and then complete the sentences that follow.

But he looked hollow and went soberly.
Right threadbare was his overcoat; for he
Had got him yet no churchly benefice…

In this description of the ______ (clerk, squire, knight), the word threadbare tells the audience that this character is _______ ( rich, poor, miserly). The reason for his situation is that he did not get any______(blessings, income, jobs)

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Clerk Poor Blessing i believe
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Clerk,poor, blessings
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