down-and-out
See also: down and out
English
editAdjective
editdown-and-out (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of down and out
Noun
editdown-and-out (plural down-and-outs)
- Synonym of down-and-outer.
- 1933, The Commonweal, volume 19, page 241:
- So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units.