dirt-poor

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dirt-poor (informal)

extremely poor Most of the population in this undeveloped area were dirt-poor and jobless.

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When the dirt-poor Boatwright family win $318m on the lottery, they obviously can't believe their luck. LOTTO BAD LUCK; BOOK OF THE WEEK by The Mirror (London, England) The film, which has won four Golden Globe Awards and has garnered 10 nominations at the Oscars, tracks the story of Jamal Malik, a dirt-poor orphan from the slums who astonishes India when he does well on the country's version of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 'Slumdog Millionaire' at 2-7odds of winning Oscar for 'Best Motion ... by Asian News International WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY Musical biopics such as Ray and Walk The Line get a satirical kicking in this cheeky chronicle of the rise and fall of dirt-poor singer songwriter Dewey Cox (John C Reilly). FILMFLEX/BOX OFFICE; DOCUMENTARY OF THE WEEK by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			dine dine at dine in dine off dine on dinged out dink dink off dinner Dinner is served dip dip in dip into dip into savings dip to diplomacy dire direct direct against direct at direct attention to direct to direction dirt dirt cheap dirt-poor dirty dirty crack dirty deal dirty dog dirty hands dirty laundry dirty look dirty old man dirty up dirty word dirty work dis disabuse of disagree disagree with disappear disappear from disappear into thin air disappear off the face of the earth disappoint with disappointed disappointed at disapprove of disaster disaster of epic proportions			Dirt Jumping Rambolitain Dirt Late Model Dirt Legends Racing Association Dirt Motor Cross Dirt pie dirt resistance Dirt Riders Of Colorado Dirt road Dirt Road Music Group dirt slip dirt track Dirt Track Bandits Dirt Track Grand Championships Dirt Track Racing Association Dirt Track Racing Sprint Cars Dirt Track World Championship dirt tracker dirt trackers dirt tracks dirt, fear of dirt-and-stick chimney dirt-cheap dirt-depreciation factor dirt-eating dirt-poor dirtbag dirtbags dirtball Dirtbike Dirtbike Dirtbike Dirtbikes Dirtbikes Dirtbikes DIRTCAM Dirtdobber DIRTEC DIRTFT dirtied dirtied dirtied dirtied dirtier dirtier dirtier dirtier dirties dirties dirties dirties dirtiest dirtiest dirtiest dirtiest dirtily

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