Meaning of have-not | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A poor or underprivileged person.
   contrastive, idiomatic, usually
2. One who does not have some (contextually specified) thing.
   idiomatic, uncommon

Examples

“A longtime advocate for racial and social justice with a degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, Walker, 40, got into politics at the urging of Edwards, an African American woman widely praised as a bridge-builder between the city’s haves and have-nots.”

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