Dictionary
down-and-out
Pronunciation: (doun'und out', -un), [key]—
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.
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n.
Also,down'-and-out'er.a person who is down-and-out.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.