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Definition of Out-and-outer
1. Noun. Someone who is excellent at something.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Out-and-outer
Literary usage of Out-and-outer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"It ain'ta large 'un, but it's an OUT-AND- OUTER to sleep in. 1838. ... She were
an out-and-outer in going into shops on the filch. 1888. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"out-and-outer (society), first- class. Pretty Polly Pouter Is a reg'Iar out-and-outer.
—Punch. ..."
3. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"out-and-outer—he who engages in any matter, and sticks to it like a trump, ...
Ned Turner was longtime ' nothing but an out-and-outer'' (ring). ..."
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