downgone

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adjective

Poor-looking; shabby

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Meanings

adjective
  1. AppalachiaUSdialectalPoor-looking; shabby

    When they got to the place, Waits saw that auctions down valley were very seemingly like any others, and he saw the same crowd of buggies and mules and cars all hitched together around the downgone farm-place till it was a surprise anybody could untwine them one from the other.

    1928, Maristan Chapman, The Happy Valley, page 182

    Synonyms: run-down, decrepit, shabby

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePoor-looking; shabby

Similar
run-downdecrepitshabby
Also see
bedraggledtatteredunkempt

Origin

From down + gone.

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MLA

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Chicago

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