Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Despicable; base.
- adjective Gloomy; depressed.
- adjective Earthy; funky.
- noun Correct information or details.
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- adjective idiomatic, slang, US Of no value.
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Examples
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That he should have figured out that the woman he loved was a low-down, lying skunk?
Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011
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Looking at the low-down clouds, I wonder why it is that Schrödinger's work is one of the few pieces of modern Quantum physics that artists have latched onto.
Shrödinger’s Inception Marc Horne 2011
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Whitechapel Gallery, E1, Wed to 16 SepSkye SherwinVenues throughout Birmingham and the Black Country stage a massive high cultural recognition of an art form that, initially emerging from the area, surely lays claim to being the most unashamedly low-down cultural phenomenon of all time: heavy metal.
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Mr. Erdogan has called the main opposition leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu "a walking lie machine," as well as "shameless, immoral and low-down."
Call the Prime Minister a Turkey, Get Sued Marc Champion 2011
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The Sestak Affair shows his true core – a low-down dirty crook.
Does the White House WANT us to keep talking about Sestak? | RedState 2010
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SF Scope has the low-down on genre-related productions that have been honored.
Emmy Nominees sfawardswatch 2009
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When I finally got the low-down about what the richest nation in the world offered for the holiday season from a diplomat of another country, I learned that the food and drink consisted of some chips, cheese bits, and soft drinks.
W. Hunter Roberts: Notes of an Ex-Pat 1: View From the Bridge W. Hunter Roberts 2011
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Shame on this country, shame on the white MINORITY to play such dirty, low-down tricks on a President who won the MAJORITY of this countries votes!!!
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When I finally got the low-down about what the richest nation in the world offered for the holiday season from a diplomat of another country, I learned that the food and drink consisted of some chips, cheese bits, and soft drinks.
W. Hunter Roberts: Notes of an Ex-Pat 1: View From the Bridge W. Hunter Roberts 2011
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But just in case it isn't, we got the low-down on the film from the NYC comedy troupe called Derrick that's responsible for this (hilarious) madness.
Sundance Photo Booth: The Cast Of ‘Mystery Team’ » MTV Movies Blog 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word low-down
Hm. The American Heritage Dictionary doesn't seem to like clarinets: "3. Earthy; funky: a low-down blues; the low-down sound of a clarinet."
April 4, 2011