clochards
/ˈklɑʃɑrdz/
noun
- Homeless people, especially those who live on the streets in cities, often associated with begging or vagrancy.
- The city's shelters provide meals and beds for clochards during the cold winter months.
- The novel tells the story of a group of clochards who form a makeshift community in an abandoned warehouse.
- In Paris, you can sometimes see clochards sleeping under bridges along the Seine.