out-and-outer

noun

out-and-outer

noun

Etymology From out and out + -er.

1

Dated, Informal A first-rate fellow.

  • I am the Wackford Squeers as is therein named, sir. I am the man as is guaranteed, by unimpeachable references, to be a ^([sic]) out-and-outer in morals and uprightness of principle.1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
  • You're a prime gloak, an out-and-outer, to get as far as you did before they grabbed you.1956, Frank Clune, Martin Cash: The Last of the Tasmanian Bushrangers, page 149:

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