dead-beat
Example Sentences
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How woefully The Post covers necrology news, the dead beat.
From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2021
He added in another message: “I am not a dead beat I do not get any disability.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2017
Eight of them went straight in, dead beat, and stretched out on the floor near the oil press.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in retail trade a creditor has no recourse against a dead beat except to sue.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had known, for instance, a horse nearly dead beat with fatigue to perk up when told it was only a little farther to his destination.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
