Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Down-and-out.
5 letter answer(s) to down-and-out
NEEDY
demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
needy people collectively; "they try to help the needy"
poor enough to need help from others
6 letter answer(s) to down-and-out
PAUPER
a person who is very poor
8 letter answer(s) to down-and-out
VAGABOND
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
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