Simmons says the family was dirt poor, scraping by on bread and milk.
Bowden described being met by warmth and elaborate courtesy by the two released men, who he described as uneducated, unworldly, and dirt poor.
She has described her family as being dirt poor.
He would later say he was dirt poor and that as late as 1951 the family did not own a telephone.
While they live in opulence, the destitute and dirt poor live nearby in crowded, filthy tenements.
We were all dirt poor, and he was the only one who had money.
