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[ noun ] 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 .

Related terms

details

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[ adjective ] 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 .

Related terms

contemptible

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[ adjective ] (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

Synonyms

funky

Related terms

jazz emotional

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