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View definitions for dirt poor

dirt poor

adjective as in bad off

adjective as in strapped

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The family had grown up dirt-poor, sharecropping the 20,000 acres of cotton that stretched out below Sand Mountain.

They are poor; “dirt poor” is no exaggeration, for their land has been depleted by cotton farming and untilled for seven years.

“I considered it a gesture of good will because these people are so dirt poor,” said Stidham.

She had grown up dirt poor in the rural South, and her whole life trajectory had been a kind of fairy tale.

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On this page you'll find 290 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dirt poor, such as: bankrupt, busted, destitute, flat broke, impoverished, and indigent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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