down-and-outer

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What does down-and-outer mean?

Someone who is down and out.

Where does down-and-outer come from?

Etymology tree English down and out Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English down-and-outer From down and out + -er.

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