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lay-down misère

lay-down misère noun: an absolute certainty.

Noun

lay-down misère (usually uncountable, plural lay-down misères)

  1. (Australia, slang, usually) An absolute certainty.
    • Just as there is no lay-dawn misère in country passenger services, I have to say that there is no lay-down misère in metropolitan passenger services.1980, Victoria Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Volume 353, page 1606
    • Erin means Ireland where that stinkin' lawyer's in gaol and you can bet your life he's set that up and pissed off with all the funds. So it's a lay-down misère that's not worth the paper it's printed on.1991, Robert G. Barrett, Between the Devlin and the Deep Blue Seas
  2. (usually) Synonym of misère ouvert.
    Synonyms:
    misère ouvert

Synonyms of lay-down misère

Forms of lay-down misère

plurallay-down misères

Questions about lay-down misère

What does lay-down misère mean?
Lay-down misère means an absolute certainty.
What part of speech is lay-down misère?
Lay-down misère is a noun.
What is the plural of lay-down misère?
The plural of lay-down misère is lay-down misères.

Words near lay-down misère in the dictionary

  1. lay-by
  2. lay-bye
  3. lay-byes
  4. lay-bys
  5. lay-down
  6. lay-down misère
  7. lay-down misères
  8. lay-downs
  9. lay-in
  10. lay-ins
  11. lay-off

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