5
mendicants(noun, idlers, spongers, supplicants)
5
paupers(noun, dogs, rakes, rascals, derelicts)
4
moochers(noun, idlers)
4
tramps(noun, children, idlers, pros, cheats)
3
bums(noun, dogs, children, idlers, tramps)
3
cadgers
3
hoboes(noun, children, idlers, tramps, bums)
3
panhandlers(noun, idlers)
3
vagrants(noun, children, idlers, tramps, bums)
2
beggar
2
freeloaders(noun, idlers)
2
scroungers(noun, verb, idlers)
2
spongers(noun, idlers)
2
wastrels(noun, idlers)
1
bag ladies
1
bankrupts
1
black sheep(noun, expression, tramps, cheats, bums)
1
blackguards(noun, dogs, tramps, cheats, bums)
1
cadger
1
dawdlers(noun, idlers)
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