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A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.

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  1. n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird.
  2. a. Low; sneaking; ashamed.
  3. adj. showing a sense of guilt
  4. adj. frightened into submission or compliance
  5. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. , Low; sneaking; ashamed. The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray.
  6. s. frightened into submission or compliance