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lack-alls

lack-alls is the plural of lack-all.

Meaning of lack-all

Noun

lack-all (plural lack-alls)

  1. One who has nothing; a destitute person.
    • To these outcast soldiers of his, unregimented roving banditti for the present, or unworking workhouse prisoners who are almost uglier than banditti; to these floods of Irish Beggars, Able-bodied Paupers, and nomadic Lackalls, now stagnating or roaming everywhere, drowning the face of the world...1850, Thomas Carlyle, “The Present Time”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets
    Synonyms:
    pauper

Questions about lack-alls

What is lack-alls the plural of?
Lack-alls is the plural of lack-all.

Words near lack-alls in the dictionary

  1. LaCivitas
  2. lack
  3. lack of sleep
  4. lack-a-daisical
  5. lack-all
  6. lack-alls
  7. lack-grace
  8. lack-graces
  9. lack-latin
  10. lack-latins
  11. lack-laughter

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