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lackall

lackall is the alternative form 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

Forms of lackall

plurallackalls

Questions about lackall

What is lackall the alternative form of?
Lackall is the alternative form of lack-all.

Words near lackall in the dictionary

  1. lackadaisically
  2. lackadaisicalness
  3. lackadaisy
  4. lackaday
  5. lackage
  6. lackall
  7. lackalls
  8. Lackard
  9. Lackawanna
  10. Lackawanna County
  11. Lackawaxen

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