pauper

Example Sentences

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A Nigerian mum might say: 'Do you want to live your life as a pauper forever?'

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

It also helped that Crawford was not exactly a pauper and got only marginally outspent in a race that saw over $107 million in expenditures.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2025

He kept a stash of money sewed into his ragged coat and conveniently escaped for a hot bath and a good meal while pretending to pass as a pauper.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2024

De León noted that when Villaraigosa beat incumbent Hahn in 2005, Hahn was a pauper compared with Caruso.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2022

Now Miss Rosa was not only an orphan, but a pauper too.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner