pauper
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However, this nomad only looked like a pauper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
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
"The consequences of this ruling and the upcoming trial, while not making him a pauper, will significantly reduce his net worth."
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023
The goal is not to make Putin a pauper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Now Miss Rosa was not only an orphan, but a pauper too.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
The sport of kings to some, the sport of paupers for most.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
"The RFU keep trumpeting community rugby as the lifeblood of the game, while at the same time seemingly treating them like paupers."
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025
Well, in the portal’s early weeks, the Bruins have been closer to paupers given all the transfer targets who committed elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
The Senate is in no great shape either, following a controversial decision to let senators dress like common paupers and Dickensian street urchins.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2023
The city almshouse on Spruce Street was jammed with over three hundred paupers, while private institutions, such as the Friends’ Alms House, were also filled to capacity.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing pauper
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"A Rose for Emily"
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