low-down
Example Sentences
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But if you call townsfolk low-down, they won’t take it as an insult.
From Los Angeles Times
BBC Wales political report David Deans gives the low-down on the man taking on the role.
From BBC
Right-wing insult comic Alex Stein taunted a Black police officer: "You're not one of those low-down brothers. Your dad probably dragged you to a lot of gay bars."
From Salon
But he could have called me a low-down, sorry S.O.B and I still would have read pretty much everything he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
It comes with a 10-speed automatic transmission that makes great use of its low-down grunt and lets it chug along at lazy 1,600 rpm on the highway at 70 mph.
From Fox News
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