A heroin addicted loser.
A Slang term for heroin is down.
Usually lives at shelters, in tents or at the city centre bus stop.
Hobbies of a DOWN CLOWN are:
picK-pocketing; thieving from family; pawning childrens toys/games/clothes;
nodding off anywhere and
everywhere; drooling; not showering; boosting meat from Safeway; aggressively demanding spare change from young families and business people.