poor devil
wretch

Look at half the poor devils I had under me!

Some people keep a child or two in college, poor devils.

But he had to wait a year, poor devil, before we could get him out.

The poor devil is just written off as a loss.

The poor devils have a bad enough time ahead of them.

What could the poor devil have done to help her?

Ever thought about the poor devils who have to do all the work?

Look, we did it to the poor old devil and he came through.

The poor devil was shot for something that he never did at all.

One poor devil had part of his face shot away.