( down-and-outs)
If you describe someone as down-and-out , you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation.
...a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
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Down-and-out is also a noun. ( BRIT )
...some poor down-and-out in need of a meal...
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