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down-and-outer

down-and-outer noun: someone who is down and out.

Noun

down-and-outer (plural down-and-outers)

  1. (idiomatic) Someone who is down and out.

down-and-outer meaning in Tamil

down-and-outer in Tamil

குத்துச்சண்டையில் மீளமுடியாது அடிபட்டவர், வாழ்க்கை வளமிழந்தவர், ஏலாதவர், வறியர்

Forms of down-and-outer

pluraldown-and-outers
alternative formdown-and-out
alternative formdown and out

Origin of down-and-outer

From down and out + -er.

Questions about down-and-outer

What does down-and-outer mean?
Down-and-outer means someone who is down and out.
What is down-and-outer in Tamil?
Down-and-outer in Tamil is குத்துச்சண்டையில் மீளமுடியாது அடிபட்டவர், வாழ்க்கை வளமிழந்தவர், ஏலாதவர். See Down-and-outer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is down-and-outer?
Down-and-outer is a noun.
What is the plural of down-and-outer?
The plural of down-and-outer is down-and-outers.

Words near down-and-outer in the dictionary

  1. down with the kids
  2. Down's
  3. Down's syndrome
  4. down-
  5. down-and-out
  6. down-and-outer
  7. down-and-outers
  8. down-and-outs
  9. down-at-heel
  10. down-at-the-heel
  11. down-at-the-heels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: down-and-outer (page history and authors); down-and-outer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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