low-down Meaning of "low-down"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) slang terms for inside information
  2. (adj) of the most contemptible kind
  3. (adj) (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues

Usage(s):

  1. His improvised melodies and singing could be as lofty as a moon flight or as low-down as the blood drops of a street thug dying in the gutter.
  2. But never with any so fundamentally low-down funny as these.
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