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low-down
UK /ˈləʊ.daʊn/ US /ˈloʊ.daʊn/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
british, still
VERB + LOW-DOWN
get, let's
LOW-DOWN + NOUN
scrounger
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
1
Of a person, worthless, contemptibly of no value; despicable.
Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"
You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for.
2
Down, depressed.
Nothing ever happens in this town, feeling low-down, not a lot to do around here. I thought that I would go right out of my mind until my friend told me the news.
noun
1
An abject or despicable person.
He was a lowdown because white men made him that way. Don't you agree?
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
Wiktionary02
You get out of me kitchen, you low-down scrounger! I ain't going to have you in here, giving me cheek to me face and drinkin' beer I got to pay for.
Wiktionary03
No-count. Even low-down. I still don't see how Loma could of married into that sharecropper white trash.
Wiktionary04
He was a lowdown because white men made him that way. Don't you agree?
Wiktionary05
Let's get the low-down on the British Museum for our trip.
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