"broken-down valise" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: broken-down valises [plural]
Etymology: Variant of busted valise. Head templates: {{en-noun}} broken-down valise (plural broken-down valises)
  1. (literal) A damaged piece of luggage
    Sense id: en-broken-down_valise-en-noun-OCaUbQX-
  2. (US, Mafia, slang) A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-broken-down_valise-en-noun-VCsXhY8m Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Variant of busted valise.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "broken-down valises",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "broken-down valise (plural broken-down valises)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, E. L. Doctorow, Loon Lake, New York: Random House, page 129:",
          "text": "Wedged into the rumble seat was my broken-down valise with everything I possessed in the world.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A damaged piece of luggage"
      ],
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        [
          "luggage",
          "luggage"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) A damaged piece of luggage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987 June 21, Bill Brubaker, “The Rise and Gall of Secret Agents Walters and Bloom”, in Washington Post, Washington, DC:",
          "text": "\"In the football business there are so many sleazy bums — broken-down valises, I call them — who don't have two quarters to rub together,\" Bloom said.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 September 18, René Balcer, “Causa Mortis”, in Law & Order, season 7, episode 1:",
          "text": "Adam Schiff: \"Abe Mercer. Ten years ago, he was a broken-down valise. Bad divorce, partners suing him, ethics review. If Doc Gooden can rise from the dead, why not Abe Mercer?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Gary Weiss, Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street, New York: Warner Books, page 237:",
          "text": "Sonny was just a dirty-looking old man, a broken-down old man. A broken-down valise. That's Charlie's words. That's what he'd call a washed-up wiseguy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Joaquin \"Jack\" Garcia, Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family, New York: Touchstone, page 4:",
          "text": "The Mafia and the FBI both considered Greg a relic, a washed-up has-been or, in the colorful language of the Mafia, a brokester, a broken-down valise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "has-been",
          "has-been"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "Mafia",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Mafia, slang) A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "broken-down valise"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "en:People"
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  "etymology_text": "Variant of busted valise.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "broken-down valises",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "broken-down valise (plural broken-down valises)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, E. L. Doctorow, Loon Lake, New York: Random House, page 129:",
          "text": "Wedged into the rumble seat was my broken-down valise with everything I possessed in the world.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A damaged piece of luggage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luggage",
          "luggage"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) A damaged piece of luggage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987 June 21, Bill Brubaker, “The Rise and Gall of Secret Agents Walters and Bloom”, in Washington Post, Washington, DC:",
          "text": "\"In the football business there are so many sleazy bums — broken-down valises, I call them — who don't have two quarters to rub together,\" Bloom said.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 September 18, René Balcer, “Causa Mortis”, in Law & Order, season 7, episode 1:",
          "text": "Adam Schiff: \"Abe Mercer. Ten years ago, he was a broken-down valise. Bad divorce, partners suing him, ethics review. If Doc Gooden can rise from the dead, why not Abe Mercer?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Gary Weiss, Born to Steal: When the Mafia Hit Wall Street, New York: Warner Books, page 237:",
          "text": "Sonny was just a dirty-looking old man, a broken-down old man. A broken-down valise. That's Charlie's words. That's what he'd call a washed-up wiseguy.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Joaquin \"Jack\" Garcia, Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family, New York: Touchstone, page 4:",
          "text": "The Mafia and the FBI both considered Greg a relic, a washed-up has-been or, in the colorful language of the Mafia, a brokester, a broken-down valise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "has-been",
          "has-been"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Mafia",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Mafia, slang) A person who has fallen on hard times; a has-been"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "broken-down valise"
}

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