dirt poor

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adjective

lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.

Origin of dirt poor

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Words nearby dirt poor

dirt bag, dirt cheap, dirt dauber, dirt farm, dirt farmer, dirt poor, dirt road, dirt-cheap, dirt-eating, dirt-poor, dirty

Words related to dirt poor

poor, underprivileged, poverty-stricken, penniless, disadvantaged, destitute, indigent, bankrupt, needy, broke, impoverished, meager, low, strapped, distressed, insolvent, exhausted, flat, down-and-out, scanty