Low-down
adjective
1.
mean, underhand, or despicable
noun
2.
information, esp secret or true information
adj.
also low down, lowdown, “vulgar,” 1888, from low (adj.) + down (adv.). Earlier it meant “humble” (1540s). As a noun, 1915, from the adjective, American English.
adjective
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