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Instead, Poe alarmed and confused the respectable reading public with his horrors and visions and spectres and Houses of Usher and murders in the Rue Morgue, and so died alone, wasted, drugged, and desitute, in a Baltimore hospital.
Unmade noises. Ann Althouse 2009
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My mind dont deceive and it appears to me as if I shall see you again at my time of writing this letter I am desitute of money I have not got in no business yet but when I do get into business I shall write you and also remember you.
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When the teabaggers become desitute under Republican rule, as surely they must, - some of "the rich" would gladly pay higher taxes to benefit their Country of birth and/or rise to success. others amongst them are so benighted by their good fortune, they can only rail against any perceived threat, real or imagined. jiim says:
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They don't care if your family is left desitute from medical bills.
The Ostroy Report 2008
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They don't care if your family is left desitute from medical bills.
The Ostroy Report 2008
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They don't care if your family is left desitute from medical bills.
The Ostroy Report 2008
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They don't care if your family is left desitute from medical bills.
The Ostroy Report 2008
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When the teabaggers become desitute under Republican rule, as surely they must, — then we’ll see some change.
Think Progress » McConnell On Health Reform: ‘It Would Be Good For The Country If It Failed’ 2010
avsar commented on the word desitute
extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself.
July 5, 2009
sionnach commented on the word desitute
I think you mean destitute.
July 5, 2009
avsar commented on the word desitute
ya sorry!!!
destitute.... is the right word!!!
July 5, 2009