dirt poor

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adjective
  1. lacking nearly all material means or resources for living.

Origin of dirt poor

1
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

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British Dictionary definitions for dirt-poor

dirt-poor

adjective
  1. mainly US extremely poor

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