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Out-and-out

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Complete, utter. attributive, not-comparable

    "He is an out-and-out idiot."

  2. 2
    Thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock. attributive, not-comparable

    "For my own part I would sooner eat bread-and-cheese and know myself the possessor of an out-and-out horse, than sell him for the privilege of dining with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen every day in the year."

Adjective
  1. 1
    complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers wordnet

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