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downgone

downgone adjective: poor-looking; shabby.

Adjective

downgone

  1. (Appalachia, US, dialectal) Poor-looking; shabby
    • When they got to the place, Waits saw that auctions down valley were very seemingly like any others, and he saw the same crowd of buggies and mules and cars all hitched together around the downgone farm-place till it was a surprise anybody could untwine them one from the other.1928, Maristan Chapman, The Happy Valley, page 182

Synonyms of downgone

Origin of downgone

From down + gone.

Questions about downgone

What does downgone mean?
Downgone means poor-looking; shabby.
What part of speech is downgone?
Downgone is an adjective.

Words near downgone in the dictionary

  1. downglide
  2. downglides
  3. downgliding
  4. downgoing
  5. downgoings
  6. downgone
  7. downgradable
  8. downgrade
  9. downgrade dance
  10. downgrade dances
  11. downgradeable

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