downgone

English

Etymology

down + gone

Adjective

downgone

  1. (US, dialectal, Appalachia) Poor-looking; shabby
    • 1928, Maristan Chapman, The Happy Valley, page 182:
      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.

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