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What is another word for on the bread line?

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Adjective
Needy or poor, lacking advantage or privilege in life
disadvantaged
poor
destitute
needy
impoverished
deprived
underprivileged
necessitous
depressed
struggling
lacking
poverty-stricken
in want
in need
badly off
in distress
discriminated against
penurious
broke
impecunious
distressed
rundown
denuded
bereft
forlorn
wanting
underserved
dispossessed
in reduced circumstances
unable to make ends meet
down at heel
unable to keep the wolf from the door
indigent
hard up
beggared
on the breadline
strapped
penniless
pauperized
in straitened circumstances
needful
bankrupt
beggarly
skint
flat broke
strapped for cash
stony broke
stone broke
down and out
insolvent
without two pennies to rub together
as poor as a church mouse
threadbare
famished
devoid
bare
dirt-poor
down-and-out
without a sou
without two farthings to rub together
barren
ruined
moneyless
boracic
deficient
without
void
short
dirt poor
cleaned out
low-income
without two brass farthings to rub together
devoid of
on skid row
without a bean
without a red cent
boracic lint
unprosperous
sans
on one's uppers
deficient in
destitute of
deprived of
denuded of
up against it
hard-pressed
in need of
in Queer Street
without a brass farthing
low
bust
drained
neglected
scant
shabby
empty
depleted
shy
exhausted
economically disadvantaged
stripped
divested
without a penny
low-paid
in penury
on the rocks
minus
busted
stony
homeless
dead broke
bereft of
bare of
empty of
out at elbows
wiped out
down on luck
free from
out of pocket
without two pennies farthings to rub together
have-not
vacant of
economically deprived
financially disadvantaged
broken
straitened
crippled
needing
down to last cent
on the dole
signing on
hurting
in distressed circumstances
pushed
on one's beam ends
poor as a church mouse
flat
unlucky
unfortunate
pinched
handicapped
spent
hapless
derelict
slummy
seedy
ghetto
ghost
shanty
depleted of
exhausted of
completely lacking in
run down
run-down
ill-fated
in dire straits
ill-starred
skid row
insufficient
robbed
starved
shorn
fleeced
naked
inadequate
scarce
scanty
paltry
limited
short of
low on
stripped of
parted from
clean out of
bankrupt of
cut off
fresh out of
cut off from
robbed of
left without
skimpy
measly
slight
incomplete
spare
restricted
sparing
skimp
light
inappreciable
unfinished
inconsiderable
scrimpy
tenuous
derisory
out of gas
fortuneless
on one's beam-ends
behind eight ball
in debt
stony-broke
short of money
craptastic
without a penny to one's name
truly needy
empty-handed
in the red
bad off
“Undercover on the bread line Salinas was Steinbeck's home town.”
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