Sometimes,poor people even get caught short.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Two-thirds of the white South remained in those classes we've come to call the yeoman farmers, the poor whites, or the sand hill farmers, as they were sometimes called.

三分之二的白人家庭属于这个阶级,我们称他们是约曼农民,贫穷的白人,或者没有地的农民

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For example,fake identity cards are sometimes used to take away subsidized food grains meant for the poor and which are then sold for profit.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24