down and out

down and out
adjective DESTITUTE, poverty-stricken, impoverished, penniless, insolvent, impecunious; needy, in straitened circumstances, distressed, badly off; homeless, on the streets, vagrant, sleeping rough; informal hard up, (flat) broke, strapped (for cash), without a brass farthing, without two pennies to rub together; Brit. informal stony broke, skint; N. Amer. informal without a red cent, on skid row.
wealthy.
noun (down-and-out) POOR PERSON, pauper, indigent; beggar, homeless person, vagrant, tramp, drifter, derelict, vagabond; N. Amer. hobo; Austral. bagman; informal have-not, bag lady; Brit. informal dosser; N. Amer. informal bum.

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