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down-and-out
down-and-out
See also: down and out
English
Adjective
down-and-out (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of down and out
Noun
down-and-out (plural down-and-outs)
- A down-and-outer.
- 1933, The Commonweal (volume 19, page 241)
- So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units.
- 1933, The Commonweal (volume 19, page 241)