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shopping-bag lady

[shop-ing-bag] / ˈʃɒp ɪŋˌbæg /
NOUN
bag lady
Synonyms
STRONGEST
homeless person shopping cart lady unhoused person
WEAK
bag person bum hobo street person
NOUN
street person
Synonyms
STRONG
derelict homeless person unhoused person
WEAK
bag lady bag person beggar bum displaced person down-and-out drifter hobo shopping-bag person tramp vagabond vagrant
NOUN
unhoused person
Synonyms
STRONGEST
homeless person street person
STRONG
bag lady bag person beggar panhandler shopping cart lady tramp vagrant
WEAK
drifter

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When she died at age 83 in "Maryhouse," a residence for the destitute on New York City's Lower East Side, she was living in a small room next door to a shopping-bag lady.

From Time Magazine Archive

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