down-and-out

I

noun

a person who is destitute

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he tried to help the down-and-out

• Hypernyms: ↑poor person, ↑have-not

II

adjective

lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

• Similar to: ↑unsuccessful

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down-and-out «DOWN uhn OWT», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. completely without health, money, friends, etc.; wretched; forsaken. SYNONYM(S): impoverished, forlorn.

2. knocked out in boxing.

–n.

= down-and-outer: (Cf. ↑down-and-outer) »

To children, down-and-outs, canaries, and stray dogs he is instinctive friend (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

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1.

adj. (of a person) without money, a job, or a place to live; destitute

a down-and-out homeless vagrant

2.

n. (also down-and-outer) a person without money, a job, or a place to live

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adj [more \down-and-out; most \down-and-out]

informal : very poor and without hope : having no money, job, etc.

No one would help him when he was down-and-out.

a movie about a down-and-out musician living on the streets

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ˈdown-and-out [down-and-out down-and-outs] noun

a person without money, a home or a job, who lives on the streets