broken-down valise

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been. US,slang
    — "In the football business there are so many sleazy bums — broken-down valises, I call them — who don't have two quarters to rub together," Bloom said.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken down, valise.
    — Wedged into the rumble seat was my broken-down valise with everything I possessed in the world.

词形变化

broken-down valises plural

词源

Variant of busted valise.
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