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out-and-ˈouter colloq. or slang.
[f. prec. + -er1.]
A thorough-going person or thing; a thorough or perfect type of his or its kind; an out-and-out possessor of some quality, or supporter of some cause; a thorough-paced scoundrel; an out-and-out lie; etc.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Out and outer, a person of a resolute determined spirit, who pursues his object without regard to danger or difficulty; also an incorrigible depredator..possessed of neither honour nor principle. 1824T. Hogg Carnation 126 Pittman's flower..is..quite an out-and-outer, a chef d'œuvre of nature. 1831Examiner 379/2 How can you look me in the face, and tell such an out and outer? 1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 31 He declared himself to be an out-and-outer for the ballot. 1852Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story iii, Gad, she was fine then—an out and outer, sir! 1880M. E. Braddon Just as I am xxviii, What do you expect will happen to you if you tell such out and outers as that? 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 92 The horse..was..a great beauty—‘a regular out-and-outer’ was the expression. |