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English translation: homeless
| 03:53 Dec 1, 2012 |
| Russian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: LilianNekipelov United States Local time: 02:25 | ||||||
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| 4 | vagrants |
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| 4 | almhouse dwellers |
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| 4 | homeless |
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| 4 | poorhouse residents |
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32 mins confidence: 
vagrants Explanation: "Vagrant" is a more modern term, but with essentially the same meaning |
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almhouse dwellers Explanation: http://books.google.com/books?id=GB1BAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA16&lp... http://books.google.com/books?id=k-YKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA254&lpg=P... http://www.llangwm.org.uk/church/almshouse.html |
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9 hrs confidence:
homeless Explanation: I would use homeless here, after all. |
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poorhouse residents Explanation: This is what I would call these people. Were this the 18th-19th century I might be tempted to say "workhouse inmates" but I'm not sure in the 17th century there was the same punitive approach to poverty. |
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