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/daʊn-ənd-aʊt/ Listen

noun

down-and-out n. A person who is destitute; as, he tried to help the down-and-out.

adjective

down-and-out adj.

Impoverished; usually implying a state of dejection as well.

Physically weak.

Synonyms: down-and-out.

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Etymology of 'Down-and-out'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Down-and-out" Quotes from Famous Books

... so late as eight bells of the evening, Pete, the tough factory hand, and Tim, the down-and-out hatter, were still playing seven-up at the dirty fo'c'sle table, while McGarver, under-boss of the Morris cattle gang, lay in his berth, heavily studying the game and blowing sulphurous fumes of Lunch Pail Plug Cut ...

— Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man • Sinclair Lewis