VLVL2 (3): "more and less"

Fri Aug 8 16:36:40 CDT 2003

"Zoyd was living down south then, sharing a house in Gordita Beach with elements of a surf band he'd been playing keyboard in since junior high, the Corvairs, along with friends more and less transient" (22).

Why "and"?  What is the difference between that and "more or less"?
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