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noun
Slang. a person or thing that is dead, doomed, or beyond recovery.
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Origin of dead meat
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby dead meat
dead man's hand, dead man's handle, dead man walking, dead march, dead matter, dead meat, dead-melt, deadname, dead nettle, dead of, dead-on
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