Degraded.
1850. The “low down” Virginia Democracy had to yield to the western mountain Democracy.—Mr. Root of Ohio, House of Repr., April 25: Cong. Globe, p. 821.
1879. It was so much better than he could have expected from his “low-down” relative.—G. W. Cable, ‘Old Creole Days,’ p. 76.
1901. I shouldn’t be surprised if he had every low-down Neapolitan ice-creamer in the town upon my tracks!—E. W. Hornung, ‘The Last Laugh,’ Scribner’s Mag., xxix. 484/1 (April). (N.E.D)
