dirt poor
Example Sentences
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“We were dirt poor, had big Scottish accents at the time, a family of six siblings, and then coming to very conventional suburban schools,” he said, the memory eliciting a wild-card smile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
He had grown up dirt poor in what is now South Korea, then occupied by Japan.
From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023
"Patients who were put in there were dirt poor," said Clare Blackmore, one of the volunteers.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2023
“When I grew up dirt poor, museums were not for me,” said Eggers, who has been with the Burke for seven years now.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022
Ancient farmers might seem to us dirt poor, but a typical family possessed more artefacts than an entire forager tribe.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
