dirt poor
Example Sentences
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“We were dirt poor so I couldn’t afford to go to the movies often,” he told the AP in 1998.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023
He had grown up dirt poor in what is now South Korea, then occupied by Japan.
From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023
He made it to Vienna but found himself officially stateless - dirt poor and unable to speak the language in a Europe awash with refugees.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2020
Henry’s uncle, Collis P. Huntington, was born dirt poor, but as a rapacious founding partner and then cutthroat president of the Central Pacific Railroad, he became immensely rich.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
I figured it wouldn’t do me any good if they knew I was dirt poor.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
