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low⋅life

  [loh-lahyf]
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–noun, plural -lifes.
a despicable person, esp. a degenerate or immoral person.
Origin:
1785–95; low 1 + life
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low·life   (lō'līf')   
n.   pl. low·lifes also low·lives (-līvz')
A person of low social status or moral character: "explores a world of London lowlifes in sinister prosperity" (Times Literary Supplement).
low'-life' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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low-life

  1. n.
    a low person; a repellent person. : This low-life smells like bacon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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