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lowdown

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Noun

  1. inside information, the story or truth.
  2. A lowlife, a despicable person.

Adjective

  1. Unfair; scoundrelly; shameful.
  2. seedy, sketchy, disreputable
  3. down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.

Adverb

  1. Unfairly; dishonourably; in a deceitful or mean manner.

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