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- a down and out
a down and out
a down and out
(British & Australian) also a down-and-outer (American) someone who has no home, no job and no money I just assumed he was a down and out, begging on the street corner. She was one of the many down-and-outers waiting for the soup kitchen to open.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Yedidyah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Aymar | | ['eimə] | |
| Adlai | | AD-lay (English), AD-lie (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
| Paulos | | - | Biblical Greek |
| Yuuko | | yoo:-ko | Japanese |
| Hosea | | ho-ZAY-ə (English), ho-ZEE-ə (English) | Biblical |