down-and-out
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈdaʊn ənd aʊt/
:
desamparado
- Many down-and-out individuals seek help from shelters during the harsh winter months.
Examples
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While hopping between these obviously studio-owned streams, I tried to get the women who are clearly down and out to talk about their work.
Blog text (19) -
Why didn't you tell me you were a down-and-out?
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But as I told you, the overdose cases we get in here are usually the truly down and out.
Fiction book (1992) -
We are empty nesters and like to feed others who are down and out.
Blog text (24) -
As a group, the chronically homeless typify the image many Americans have of the most down-and-out individuals on the margins of society.
Blog text (31) -
It was blonde like his hair, but uneven and straggly, and made him look more like a down-and-out than a Viking.
Fiction book (1990) -
My character Kian is a down and out failed writer in a trailer park in the Midwest who's run out of insurance and he's got a brain tumor.
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It's also well established that Stonewall primarily catered to the most marginalized and down-and-out members of the queer community: trans women, sex workers, and queer people of color, as well as various street kids.
Blog text (16) -
The charity provides meals and support for the down-and-out in our community who need assistance.
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He often volunteers to help the down-and-out by serving food at the local soup kitchen.
Synonyms
76
2.3
A person who has no home and often lives on the streets
73
1.6
A person who has no home to live in
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7.4
A very poor person who depends on public charity
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1.0
A person who has very little money and few things
3
8.4
A person who has no home or job and is ignored by other people
People who do not have a home to live in
Antonyms
How Poor
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Down-and-out originally used the same image of a boxer knocked out of the ring: someone down ('knocked down') and out ('unable to continue'). So a down-and-out is a person with no money, no job, and no home.