| His sleepy hollow, in the dirt-poor Appalachian foothills, soon became more popular than a speakeasy during Prohibition. |
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| The family had grown up dirt-poor, sharecropping the 20,000 acres of cotton that stretched out below Sand Mountain. |
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| In recent months, the dirt-poor peasants of Honduras have invaded farms and blockaded bridges to force the government to fulfill its promises. |
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| Many dirt-poor electors, who might think the Democrats offer them some short-term material gain, vote Republican in defence of traditional decencies. |
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| In some industries, dirt-poor newcomers lower wages. |
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| Unlike its neighbour, Mississippi, it is not dirt-poor. |
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| Until the 1990s it was a dirt-poor country selling cocoa and timber. |
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| Kim had hit the Korean exacta at birth: dirt-poor and dark-skinned. |
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| But every time MEPs drink a cup of Nespresso coffee they are sending more money to Nespresso and Nestlé than to dirt-poor coffee farmers who rely on the crop. |
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| A few years ago it was a dirt-poor outpost populated by rural migrants. |
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