(chiefly, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) The inability of a household to keep adequately warm at a reasonable cost.
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) The inability of a household to keep adequately warm at a reasonable cost.
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(chiefly, UK, Ireland, New Zealand) Unable to keep one's dwelling adequately warm at a reasonable cost.
(British, slang) Lacking in funds; without assets; poor.
(US, idiomatic) In a condition of poverty as a result of inability to meet tax payments or other financial requirements for one's land holdings.
With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
(UK, informal) A household that is only barely able to meet its financial obligations.