not have a bean
diddly
subsistence level
vegetate
red cent
hood rich
a creaking door hangs longest
have-a-little
lot lizard
schlimazel
spare
busted valise
trampy
penurious
drain
penny-pinching
wouldn't shout if a shark bit him
tight-assed
pony and trap
coinless
poor person
wanton
wide boy
hobo
little by little
paltry
assal horizontology
lowdown
undersave
unhectic
delinquent
Franklinize
povvo
dero
good-for-nothing
save
scrape by
two pennies to rub together
economize
cut one's coat according to one's cloth
vehicularly housed
shortliver
economise
unvaluable
unfrugal
lifeless
lowness
nonfrugivorous
confined