食くい逸はぐれ

noun

missing a meal; losing one's livelihood

Refers to the state of going without a meal, often due to poverty or lack of opportunity. The second gloss extends the meaning to losing the means to make a living, but this usage is less common and somewhat literary.

• 不ふ景けい気きで食くい逸はぐれが出でている。

  Due to the recession, people are missing meals.

• 彼かれは仕し事ごとを失うしなって食くい逸はぐれになった。

  He lost his job and ended up without a means to eat.