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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Washout  \Wash"out`\,  n. 
  The  washing  out  or  away  of  earth,  etc.,  especially  of  a 
  portion  of  the  bed  of  a  road  or  railroad  by  a  fall  of  rain  or 
  a  freshet;  also  a  place  especially  in  the  bed  of  a  road  or 
  railroad,  where  the  earth  has  been  washed  away 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  washout 
  n  :  (informal)  someone  who  is  unsuccessful  [syn:  {flop},  {dud}] 




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