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out-and-outer

out-and-outer noun: a first-rate fellow.

Noun

out-and-outer (plural out-and-outers)

  1. (dated, informal) A first-rate fellow.
    • I am the Wackford Squeers as is therein named, sir. I am the man as is guaranteed, by unimpeachable references, to be a ^([sic]) out-and-outer in morals and uprightness of principle.1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
    • You're a prime gloak, an out-and-outer, to get as far as you did before they grabbed you.1956, Frank Clune, Martin Cash: The Last of the Tasmanian Bushrangers, page 149

out-and-outer meaning in Tamil

out-and-outer in Tamil

மட்டுமீறியவர், மட்டுமீறிய வகையைச் சேர்ந்த பொருள், முற்றார்வமுடைய கட்சிக்காரர், பெரும் புளுகு

Forms of out-and-outer

pluralout-and-outers

Origin of out-and-outer

From out and out + -er.

Questions about out-and-outer

What does out-and-outer mean?
Out-and-outer means a first-rate fellow.
What is out-and-outer in Tamil?
Out-and-outer in Tamil is மட்டுமீறியவர், மட்டுமீறிய வகையைச் சேர்ந்த பொருள், முற்றார்வமுடைய கட்சிக்காரர். See Out-and-outer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is out-and-outer?
Out-and-outer is a noun.
What is the plural of out-and-outer?
The plural of out-and-outer is out-and-outers.

Words near out-and-outer in the dictionary

  1. out'n
  2. out-
  3. out-and-back
  4. out-and-home
  5. out-and-out
  6. out-and-outer
  7. out-and-outers
  8. out-argue
  9. out-argued
  10. out-argues
  11. out-arguing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: out-and-outer (page history and authors); out-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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