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A Writer's Dictionary:

down-and-out Definition


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down-and-out
adj
    1. Homeless and penniless, with no hope of earning a living.
      Thesaurus: impoverished, destitute, penniless, penurious.
noun
    1. A down-and-out person.
Etymology: 19c.



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