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  • noun Plural form of lowlife.

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Examples

  • An assortment of white trash and trailer-park lowlifes is weaving around the stage, and at the back, a chorus of Ku Klux Klansmen is merrily tap-dancing.

    Boing Boing: February 10, 2002 - February 16, 2002 Archives 2002

  • They're nothing but greedy, self-centered "lowlifes" - knowing full well that for every dollar they don't pay someone at the "bottom", they'll just continue to pad their own bloated pay packages.

    EPI In The News aorr@epi.org 2010

  • They're nothing but greedy, self-centered "lowlifes" - knowing full well that for every dollar they don't pay someone at the "bottom", they'll just continue to pad their own bloated pay packages.

    EPI In The News aorr@epi.org 2010

  • But when they vote for Clinton, they're dirty "lowlifes".

    Boston Globe Notices Limbaugh Dems For Hillary 2009

  • He said - I could go downtown, I'm sure there is shelter there, but I don't like it there, too many "lowlifes".

    What's to become of the homeless - especially when that number might increase? 2009

  • I actually debated whether or not I should put "lowlifes" in quotes - I suppose I should have left them off.

    EPI In The News aorr@epi.org 2010

  • Some actually _are_ heroes, but we have many examples of heroism in civilian life too - and sometimes it might well be those 'lowlifes' you so label who have at other times, in other places, been just that

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • I actually debated whether or not I should put "lowlifes" in quotes - I suppose I should have left them off.

    EPI In The News aorr@epi.org 2010

  • Some actually _are_ heroes, but we have many examples of heroism in civilian life too - and sometimes it might well be those 'lowlifes' you so label who have at other times, in other places, been just that

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local zman 2010

  • Tough guy wife beaters are next to the lowest of lowlifes which is Child molesters.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2009

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