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low-life

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See also: lowlife

English

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Adjective

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low-life (comparative more low-life, superlative most low-life)

  1. Alternative form of lowlife
    • 1997, Richard Regen, “With Kids, writer Harmony Korine repelled parents across the country. Now, with Gummo, he's gunning for everyone else. This may be art, but it isn't pretty.”, in New York Magazine[1], volume 30, number 40, page 42:
      Korine's obvious fascination with low-life culture is somewhat unexpected in someone born in Bolinas, California, to parents he describes as "hippies, basically," now former boutique owners.

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low-life (plural low-lives or low-lifes)

  1. Alternative form of lowlife.