down-and-out

On her own talk show, she occasionally hired the most down-and-out standups to work in the writers room.

Her record-breaking haul is all the sweeter because two years ago she was a self-described "down-and-out" in the music industry.

Attorneys for Washington, 59, have said prosecutors brought a thin and illogical case against a down-and-out drinker who was anything but angry toward the famous friend who supported him.

Twenty-four years ago, a minister to the down-and-out of Des Moines took a mid-career leap into the unknown, moving his growing family west to become pastor for poverty outreach at a Pasadena church.

But throughout baseball history, down-and-out teams with all the pressure removed have invariably proven pesky foes, and the A’s and Royals were no exceptions in August.