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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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Hamas has a military wing, but the majority of its efforts have been in providing welfare, medical care and education to dirt-poor Palestinians who would have to do without but for Hamas.
Hamas and democracy by Reese, Charley / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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Simmons's family is from the mountains, and they are uneducated, dirt-poor, ignorant, and baffled by the sophisticated culture that their daughter Charlotte has joined.
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