out-and-outer

American  

[out-n-ou-ter, -nd-ou-] / ˌaʊt nˈaʊ tər, -ndˈaʊ- /

noun

1. a person who does things with excessive thoroughness; extremist.

2. a thoroughgoing or perfect example of a kind.

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out-and-outer British  

noun

1. a thorough or thoroughgoing person or thing

2. a person or thing that is excellent of its kind

3. an extremist

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Etymology

Origin of out-and-outer

First recorded in 1805–15; out-and-out + -er ¹

Example Sentences

I never knew such a regular out-and-outer as Hopkins.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Boatman's an out-and-outer, once one gets on good terms with him.

From The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas by Gaunt, Mary

“A real out-and-outer, and no mistake,” were the confirmatory replies.

From The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific by Staniland, C.J.

Oh, you 're an author, a regular out-and-outer.

From The Uncalled A Novel by Dunbar, Paul Laurence

I am the man as is guaranteed, by unimpeachable references, to be a out-and-outer in morals and uprightness of principle.

From Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles