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stony-broke
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ungiving(close, mean, near, narrow)
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Scrooge-like
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adenoidal
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badly off(expression, poor, destitute, impoverished)
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bereft(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
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busted(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
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cadaverous
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churlish(close, mean, near, narrow)
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curmudgeonly(close, mean, spare, careful)
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deficient(poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
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dirt poor(expression, flat, poor, low)
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down and out(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb)
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extortionate(close, mean, near, narrow)
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gaunt
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haggard
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hand to mouth(poor, small, boring, exiguous)
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hard-fisted
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have-not
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homeless(poor, impoverished, needy, poverty-stricken)
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