Both Uses
out-and-out
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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- But the king he only looked sorrowful, and says: "Gentlemen, I wish the money was there, for I ain't got no disposition to throw anything in the way of a fair, open, out-and-out investigation o' this misable business; but, alas, the money ain't there; you k'n send and see, if you want to."†
Chpt 29
- Well, I never see anything like that old blister for clean out-and-out cheek.†
Chpt 29 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(out-and-out) complete and without restriction or qualification
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)