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нищая nstresses
gen. beggar woman; mendicant; mumper; pauper
Gruzovik beggarwoman
нищие n
gen. 1 percent (также: the poorest 1% of a population as opposed to the rest – 99% of the wealthy Artjaazz)
coll. beggardom; beggary
econ. have-nots
euph. very low-income people (homeless populations included // CNN, 2021 Alex_Odeychuk)
relig. poor (the poor)
нищать v
gen. slide into poverty (Anglophile); become a pauper; become impoverished; be reduced to poverty
Gruzovik grow poor (impf of обнищать); become impoverished (impf of обнищать); be reduced to poverty (impf of обнищать); become a pauper (impf of обнищать)
Makarov. become a beggar; be reduced to penury
нищающий prtc.
gen. downwardly mobile (Anglophile)
нищий adj.
gen. mendicant; pauper; down-and-out; indigent; starveling; poverty-struck; Abraham man; dog poor; down and out; down and outer; poverty stricken; poverty struck; have-not; cadger; canter; beggarly; deprived; lack-all; lack all; broke (Finoderi); dog-poor; jack; jak; prog; shack; penniless (But when French tailors discovered they were about to be replaced by a machine, they burnt Thimonnier's factory to the ground…while he was in it. Thimonnier survived the carnage and rebuilt another factory, but an angry mob attacked again and destroyed his second factory. Thimonnier died penniless in a poor house. medium.com ART Vancouver)
Gruzovik poverty-ridden
amer., inf. panhandler
amer., slang schnorrer
black.sl., obs. buckra
brit., inf. skint (Ремедиос_П)
econ. impoverished (Alex_Odeychuk)
fin. destitute
Gruzovik, fig. insufficient; meagre
inf. mumper
Makarov. peeled; the empty pockets
obs. eleemosynary; proctor
slang bindle stiff bindlestiff; dead-beat; deadbeat; dingbat; plainer; slum; strong; needy; broke as a back (vogeler); beat (Man, I'm beat. I got no copper, no bread. Чувак, я нищ. Не денег, не еды. Interex)
vulg. without a pot (to piss in Liv Bliss)
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