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dirt-poor

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dirt-poor (dûrtpr)
adj.
Lacking most of the necessities of life.

dirt-poor
adj
Chiefly US extremely poor


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Hamas has a military wing, but the majority of its efforts have been in providing welfare, medical care and education to dirt-poor Palestinians who would have to do without but for Hamas.
Don't want dirt-poor Mexicans and Salvadorans sneaking across the border to work California's fields?
Simmons's family is from the mountains, and they are uneducated, dirt-poor, ignorant, and baffled by the sophisticated culture that their daughter Charlotte has joined.
 
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