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单词 penniless
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Examplesofpenniless

penniless
The fact that he waspennilessby the turn of the sixties is virtually a postscript on the final page of the text.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But they also benefited because thepennilessand hung-over shepherds returned for another year of interminably monotonous shepherding.
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These last included corporal punishment, for fines were of no effect onpennilessspinners and weavers.
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Criss notes that foreign-relief agencies supplemented the badly organized andpennilessmunicipal organizations.
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Many had arrivedpennilessand had rapidly thrown themselves into work to support themselves and their families.
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He is released after a two-year prison sentence, a widowed,pennilessold man.
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Jaquinet's own self-deception in becoming enamored with an ambitious butpennilessyoung man.
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Eyre is a quick-thinking confidence man who, while still apennilessapprentice, manages to trick the master of a foreign ship into selling him his whole cargo on credit.
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He rented out slum flats to thepennilessand jobless, and made thousands of pounds by fraud.
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Men are dischargedpenniless, and it is weeks and weeks before they get their back pay.
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Therefore, these poor women are not entirelypenniless.
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The ancient pass laws were of no use in dealing with the increased numbers of homeless andpennilessurban poor.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Although the majority have families to go to, there is evidence that some arrivepennilessand dispossessed.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is quite possible for an owner of a business, and for his widow and family, today to be left absolutelypenniless.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I have heard of men who have gone to law and emergedpenniless, stripped by the law and the lawyers.
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