əndˈaʊt, -ən adjective
1.
without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.
2.
without physical strength or stamina; disabled; incapacitated.
3.
too physically weakened by repeated defeats to qualify as a competent professional boxer.
noun
4.
Also, down-and-out·er. a person who is down-and-out.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
1885–90, Americanism
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| down-and-out | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | without any means of livelihood; impoverished and, often, socially outcast |
| —n | |
| 2. | a person who is destitute and, often, homeless; a social outcast or derelict |
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