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lowdown
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Here's the lowdown on these tasty treats: Wraps are the ideal meal for people on the go. ▪ Would Old Chao consider giving them the lowdown on his new job?
Wikipedia
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" Lowdown " is a song originally recorded in 1976 by Boz Scaggs for his album, Silk Degrees . The song was co-written by Scaggs and David Paich . Keyboardist David Paich, along with fellow "Lowdown" session musicians bassist David Hungate , and drummer ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
lowdown \low"down`\, low-down \low"-down`\n. true confidential information. Syn: details, dope, poop, inside dope, inside information.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Unfair; shameful. n. The story or truth; the scoop or dirt.
Usage examples of lowdown.
The persona, who called herself the New Blue Rose of Chiba City for no reason Konstantin could discern, was an assassin, a popular occupation among lowdown children, but at least not a gang member, or a whore.
I thought maybe you got the lowdown on the cops in Apalachicola, or you fished around for some general information about whether they've had any trouble down that way.
There's a double sawbuck in it for anybody who can give me some interesting lowdown on this Marcella Harris dame who got croaked last weekend.
And by God, if she didn't redeem herself by getting the lowdown by lunchtime, she'd contemplate taking on another extracurricular activity other than gossiping.
Let me fill in a few pieces of the big mosaic for you, boy: Here I am, playing wet-nurse to all of you morons, the sorriest passel of lowdown, worthless sissies ever to escape being infant sacrifices to Baal Hammon back when it might've done us all some good.
The lowdown (which is, of course, the secret and profound view) on life is that our normal sensation of self is a hoax or, at best, a temporary role that we are playing, or have been conned into playing--with our own tacit consent, just as every hypnotized person is basically willing to be hypnotized.