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Noun: low-down  'low,dawn
Usage: slang
  1. Slang term for inside information
    "is that the straight low-down?";
    - dope [slang], poop [N. Amer, slang], the skinny [N. Amer, slang]
Adjective: low-down  'low,dawn
  1. Of the most contemptible kind
    "a low-down sneak";
    - abject, low, miserable, scummy, scurvy
     
  2. (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
    - funky [informal]

Derived forms: low-downs

See also: contemptible, emotional

Type of: details, inside information

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low-cal
low-calorie diet
low-carbon steel
low-ceilinged
low-class
low-cost
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low-density lipoprotein
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Lowell
Lowell Jackson Thomas
Lowell Thomas
lower
lower berth
lower bound
Lower California
lower cannon
Lower Carboniferous
Lower Carboniferous period