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a down-and-outer

A person who is completely without money, means, support, and/or prospects; an indigent person. His crippling drug addiction left him a down-and-outer, begging for change on the sidewalk.

down-and-outer

A person who is destitute or otherwise devoid of any resources. Sarah started a non-profit organization dedicated to help the down-and-outers in her city.

outer core

One part of the inside of the Earth (as opposed to the Earth's "inner core"). All right class, what can you tell me about the Earth's outer core?

See also: core, outer

a down and out

  (British & Australian) also a down-and-outer (American)

someone who has no home, no job and no money I just assumed he was a down and out, begging on the street corner. She was one of the many down-and-outers waiting for the soup kitchen to open.

See also: and, down, out