Bottom-dollar
bottom dollar
Historical Examples
A Protegee of Jack Hamlin’s and Other Stories Bret Harte
The Solar Magnet Sterner St. Paul Meek
The Wendigo Algernon Blackwood
The Young Miner Horatio Alger, Jr.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch Ridgwell Cullum
The Radio Detectives in the Jungle A. Hyatt Verrill
Dick Hamilton’s Fortune Howard R. Garis
Peter F. Hopkinson Smith
The Everlasting Arms Joseph Hocking
The Castle Of The Shadows Alice Muriel Williamson
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- Bottom-drawer
any drawer used for a hope chest. noun (Brit) a young woman’s collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage US and Canadian equivalent hope chest
- Bottom-dropped-out--the
bottom dropped out, the
- Bottom-drops-out--the
Also, the bottom falls out. A collapse occurs, as in The bottom dropped out of the steel market, or When they lost the game, the bottom fell out of their hopes to make the playoffs. This term alludes to collapsing deeper than the very lowest point, or bottom. [ First half of 1600s ]
- Bottom--end
noun (in vertical engines) another name for big end (sense 1) Contemporary Examples Baudelaire’s Femme Fatale Muse James MacManus May 6, 2013 Where Have Japan’s Yakuza Gone? Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky March 8, 2014 Historical Examples The Potter’s Craft Charles F. Binns Toy Craft Leon H. Baxter The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea Our […]
- Bottom-feeder
bottom fish. an opportunist, as in politics or business: bottom feeders who buy up commercial failures. a person having low status; loser; lowlife: bottom feeders hanging out in seedy bars. a person who appeals to base instincts: Gossip columnists are the bottom feeders of journalism. Contemporary Examples Louis C.K. on Daniel Tosh’s Rape Joke: Are […]