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in-and-outer

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[in-uhnd-au-ter, -uhn-] / ˈɪn əndˈaʊ tər, -ən- /

noun

  1. a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.


Etymology

Origin of in-and-outer

1900–05; in and out + -er 1


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He had also watched Mai on the tennis courts, whipping America's awkward in-and-outer Dick Savitt in straight sets.

From Time Magazine Archive

None of us wanted to take the money, for if ever there was a rank in-and-outer, that horse was Strathmeath.

From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen

Consistent racing was his cry and woe to the in-and-outer.

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

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