Usually means: Experiencing low financial or social status.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word down-and-out:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. down-and-out: Merriam-Webster
  2. down-and-out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. down-and-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. down-and-out, down-and-out: Collins English Dictionary
  5. down-and-out: Vocabulary.com
  6. down-and-out: Wordnik
  7. down-and-out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. down-and-out: Wiktionary
  9. down-and-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. down-and-out: Dictionary.com
  11. down-and-out: Rhymezone
  12. down-and-out: FreeDictionary.org
  13. down-and-out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. down-and-out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. down-and-out, down-and-out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. down-and-out: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See down-and-outer as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Synonym of down-and-outer.
adjective:  Alternative spelling of down and out [(idiomatic) In a condition of poverty or debility, especially as a result of experiencing a financial or personal setback.]

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