DOWN-AND-OUT


Meaning of DOWN-AND-OUT in English

/down"euhnd owt", -euhn/ , adj.

1. without any money, or means of support, or prospects; destitute; penniless.

2. without physical strength or stamina; disabled; incapacitated.

3. too physically weakened by repeated defeats to qualify as a competent professional boxer.

n.

4. Also, down-and-outer . a person who is down-and-out.

[ 1885-90, Amer. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .