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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.
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