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a down and out

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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