Related Clues:
- Down-and-out
- In dire straits
- Down on one's luck
- Like many scholarship recipients
- Far from flush
- Dirt-poor
- Denied access to (with ''of'')
- Emotionally demanding
- Far from affluent
- High-maintenance
- Far from rich
- Unable to make it on one's own
- Like a soup kitchen habitue
- Lacking opportunity
- Prevented from using or enjoying something