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down town |
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down's syndrome |
down-and-out
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| down-to-earth
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down-and-out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun down-and-out has 1 sense
- down-and-out(n = noun.person) Array - a person who is destitute; "he tried to help the down-and-out" is a kind of have-not, poor person
Derived form adjective down-and-out1
Adjective down-and-out has 1 sense
THESAURUS
down-and-out
ausgespielt, bankrupt, blasted, blighted, broken, desolated, destitute, destroyed, devastated, done for, done in, fallen, finished, fortuneless, gone to pot, homeless, in ruins, in the gutter, in the red, insolvent, irremediable, kaput, landless, moneyless, out of funds, overthrown, penniless, propertyless, ravaged, ruined, ruinous, spoiled, undone, wasted, without a sou, wrecked
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