Usage of "down-and-out"

Down-and-out.

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Usage of down-and-out in English

Mark Reay is a model, actor and photographer, more debonair than down-and-out. 
 BBC 

Sikhumbuzo is always happy to loan money to the down-and-out and desperate. 
 The South African 

The cast's other standout is the ever-reliable Yulin as the down-and-out Sullivan. 
 Reuters 

Someone must have been down-and-out to give this up so easily. 
 Practical Magic 

How can a poor, down-and-out man like me afford to pick and choose? 
 Don't Cry Tai Lake 

And let's not forget George Orwell during his down-and-out period. 
 The Guardian 

As much as down-and-out fights can be beautiful, these are. 
 Wired 

She assumes he's a down-and-out, or some such wretched soul. 
 The Irish Times 

What did a society woman from Göteborg have in common with a down-and-out drunk? 
 The ice princess 

Her relaxing getaways are now being ruined by an influx of our down-and-out stars. 
 News.com.au 

Not that Cooper fared much better playing a down-and-out chef trying to score a comeback. 
 Reuters 

GM must be straight about its problems, advertising experts say, without appearing to be too down-and-out. 
 Reuters 

She died in London a few years ago, by which time she was an alcoholic down-and-out. 
 The Irish Times 

And the speculators on the inside graduate to the down-and-out class if they play long enough. 
 Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep 

Holding the door for me was one of the down-and-out men who lived on my floor. 
 God don't like ugly 

He wrote about down-and-out people in The Bowery. 
 The new yorker 

Meanings of down-and-out in English