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lowdown definition

☆ low·down (lō′do̵un′; for adj., -do̵un′)

noun

Slang the true, pertinent facts; esp., secret or inside information: with the

adjective

  1. mean; contemptible
  2. depressed; blue feeling lowdown
  3. Jazz earthy; funky a lowdown blues

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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