DOWN ON ONE’S UPPERS, phr. (common).—Poor, HARD-UP (q.v.), BROKE (q.v.).

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  1900.  FLYNT, Tramping with Tramps, 117. I ’s been a moocher, an’ now I ’s skatin’ on me UPPERS [I am broke].

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  1903.  Judy, 9 Dec., 577. 1. ‘Yes, that’s bad enough! But what would you do if you were in my shoes?’ ‘Eh? Oh, then I should be fairly DOWN ON MY UPPERS.’

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