pauper
UK /ˈpɔː.pə/ US /ˈpɔ.pɚ/
noun 2verb 1
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1VERB + PAUPER
died, like, lives
Definitions
noun
1
One who is extremely poor.
He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!
2
One living on or eligible for public charity.
verb
1
To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.
“There’s no sense in you paupering yourself because you’re too stubborn to take my money.” ¶ “I’m not paupering myself.”
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He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!
Wiktionary02
“There’s no sense in you paupering yourself because you’re too stubborn to take my money.” ¶ “I’m not paupering myself.”
Wiktionary03
The pauper was begging for a living.
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Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.
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An egg to a pauper is like a bull to a rich man.
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Tom died a pauper.
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