Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

lowdown

lowdown , noun

true confidential information.

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lowdown , adjective

of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; as, a lowdown sneak thief.
2.
having the soulful feeling of early blues; -- of jazz.

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