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1. low-down [ n ] slang terms for inside information
Examples: "is that the straight dope?"

Used in print:

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

This was one place where Moonan could go for a drink in a back booth without anyone noticing him , or at_least coming_up and hanging_around and wanting to know all the low-down .

Synonyms low-down poop skinny the_skinny dope Related Terms details

2. low-down [ a ] of the most contemptible kind
Examples: "abject cowardice" "a low stunt to pull" "a low-down sneak" "his miserable treatment of his family" "You miserable skunk!" "a scummy rabble" "a scurvy trick"

Used in print:

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

I never felt such a lowdown hound in my life .

Synonyms low abject low-down miserable scurvy scummy Related Terms contemptible

3. low-down [ a ] (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

Synonyms low-down funky Related Terms jazz emotional

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