Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who goes to extremes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thoroughgoer; a first-rate fellow; one to be depended upon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who is excellent at something
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Examples
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She had spent enough years in London to recognize in him a regular top sawyer, an out-and-outer, as other gentlemen would call him.
No Man's Mistress Balogh, Mary 2001
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But, on the other hand, "in a livelier tone," if your ladyship has any curiosity, or shall we say, a psychological bent, regarding the real out-and-outer, the excursion should be to your liking.
Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham
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"If only I had the poetic vocabulary I'd give him a high-class out-and-outer."
Bruvver Jim's Baby Philip Verrill Mighels
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Boatman's an out-and-outer, once one gets on good terms with him.
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He's the right kind of bad, and he's getting ready to grow into a great, big, straight out-and-outer, with a mind like lightning and a heart like one of the sons of God.
August First Roy Irving Murray 1898
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I never knew such a regular out-and-outer as Hopkins.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887
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"A real out-and-outer, and no mistake," were the confirmatory replies.
The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Harry Collingwood 1886
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Not a nice young lady for a small tea-party, sir, 'he added, lowering his voice; 'a regular out-and-outer your sister is, to be sure.'
Much Darker Days Andrew Lang 1878
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It seems he went to him every morning, and repeatedly said to Kymli, "I was at Herr Mozart's again yesterday evening; he is, indeed, a wonderful little fellow; he is an out-and-outer, and no mistake!" and was always praising me.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart, Wolfgang A 1864
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Zeb Marston, a regular out-and-outer frontiersman, who seemed to spend his whole life in settling out of the way places, and locating his family in sickly situations.
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