He tried to help the down-and-out. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Toward the end, he said, Cunanan was down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [The Killer's Trail] Reference
As down-and-out a clientele you'd never want to meet. From Wordnik.com. [Gypsy Parlor Light] Reference
In the candlelight, he looked less faded and down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [Ask the Cards a Question]
He knew from experience that the down-and-out do not rob one another. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Bum]
Underdog stories: spirited humor livens films about the down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Costner, Hopper & Swing Vote] Reference
We went along as they scoured down-and-out sections of Salt Lake City. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2003] Reference
Made a go of it by giving credit to down-and-out ranchers and their hands. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
For the down-and-out, unemployment benefits will be extended and increased. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2009] Reference
A good story helps: Andrews is Victoria, a down-and-out singer in 1930s Paris. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Woman, I Am Man] Reference
I so loved his fiction-it's a mixture of high visionary and real down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: Books: Dispatches From The Fringe] Reference
The building, in a down-and-out part of Washington, is named after a president. From Wordnik.com. [This Dog Won't Hunt] Reference
Was he, too, going to say that after all, the patient was merely a down-and-out?. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Bum]
This is courtesy of David Letterman showing no mercy to a down-and-out superstar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2010] Reference
Now aboutbeing down — locked down like her brother or down-and-out like mammá?. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl More Still] Reference
The rest of the board was a full spectrum of the down-and-out and vaguely sinister. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing in the Dark]
Don't think for a moment that the Bowery down-and-out has no heart, for it isn't so. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Ranney] Reference
Now he is a developer cleaning up down-and-out properties to create low - income housing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2007] Reference
No one could have predicted the startling ways down-and-out stars rebounded from disaster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference
If there's anyone who can do it, it's certainly Nieddu, who hails from down-and-out Detroit. From Wordnik.com. [Paolo Nieddu: 'I Would Love To Make Lady Gaga Under'] Reference
(Then let some gray dogcarts run up or down-and-out the staircases and endearment the scent.). From Wordnik.com. [Life is Life (or Ode to a great big idiot like Zizek)] Reference
And the speculators on the inside graduate to the down-and-out class if they play long enough. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
And they are helping her negotiate a better lease in a down-and-out commercial real estate market. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2009] Reference
I was reminded of an old Kristofferson song that told of down-and-out loneliness on a Sunday morning. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
Lapointe was probably somewhat surprised to see Maigret attach so much importance to the story of this down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Bum]
Well, I supposed there could be a GOP Final Solution for the down-and-out; stranger things have happened, after all. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Makes Economic Pitch To Wall St. Journal] Reference
No one comes or goes, and she thinks maybe she's missed something — misread his record and the down-and-out address. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Blind]
Had it not been for the horse and the dogs he might have hoped for a swaggie or some down-and-out wayfarer caught, trapped. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
But they were solidly united on one thing: The moral responsibility of all citizens to improve the lot of the down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara Ehrenreich: "Values" Voter Raise Minimum Wages] Reference
Wanderley is one of thousands of Brazilians who are reaping the benefits of an unusual computer school for the down-and-out. From Wordnik.com. [Brazil's Junkyard Angel] Reference
With nowhere else to go, society's down-and-out flock to libraries for clean restrooms, comfortable chairs and a safe haven. From Wordnik.com. [Too at Home in the Stacks] Reference
BOOKS Three years ago, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez encountered a down-and-out musician on the streets of Los Angeles. From Wordnik.com. [Princess of Wails] Reference
First published as a newspaper serial, Zola's "L'Argent" ( "Money") tells of Aristide Saccard, a down-and-out financier who founds a bank. From Wordnik.com. [Why No Outrage?] Reference
His love for excess eventually finds him living a life sustained by cigarettes, chocolate milk and the company of down-and-out drag queens. From Wordnik.com. [Little Boy Blue] Reference
The setting of fast-eroding pot-and-pan stores, down-and-out humanity, rescue missions, hope, despair and grunge is a storied New York mix. From Wordnik.com. [Found -- and Lost -- in Translation] Reference
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