out-and-out
adjective
- 1
Complete, utter.
“He is an out-and-out idiot.”
- 2
(animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.
“1840, The Sporting Magazine, May 1840, Vol XXI Second Series”
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