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| in dire straits | |
| in great need financially poor(expression, idiom, poor, distressed, destitute) | |
| in reduced circumstances | |
| in the poorhouse(adjective, destitute) | |
| infirm | |
| loafer | |
| malingerer | |
| mendicant | |
| miserably poor(expression, poor, distressed, destitute, impoverished) | |
| moocher(noun, beggar) | |
| ne'er-do-well | |
| on one's beam-ends | |
| on relief | |
| on the breadline | |
| on the dole | |
| on the streets(expression, adjective, destitute, broke, penniless) | |
| on welfare | |
| pariah | |
| prostrate | |
| ramshackle |
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