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adjective

down-and-out adj.

Impoverished; usually implying a state of dejection as well.

Physically weak.

Synonyms: down-and-out.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Down-and-out" Quotes from Famous Books

... cabalists of the present day, know absolutely nothing—those with whom I am acquainted are indubitably, incontestably, ignorant imbeciles. And that is the pure truth, messieurs. These people are, for the most part, down-and-out journalists or broken spendthrifts seeking to exploit the taste of a public weary of positivism. They plagiarize Eliphas Levi, steal from Fabre d'Olivet, and write treatises of which they themselves are incapable of making head or tail. ...

— La-bas • J. K. Huysmans

... of mankind form a vast pyramid. At the very tip-top peak are gathered the few who are famous. In the bottom layer are the many failures. Between these extremes lie all the rest—from those who live near the ragged edge of Down-and-Out-Land to those who storm the doors of the House ...

— How to Analyze People on Sight - Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types • Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict

Words linked to "Down-and-out" : unsuccessful, have-not