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damaged, ppl. a.|ˈdæmɪdʒd|
[f. damage v. + -ed1.]
a. That has suffered damage; injured (esp. physically).
1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 10 July an. 1768, Clinker..unscrewed the damaged iron. 1891Daily News 23 June 2/3 If any sovereign or half-sovereign is more than three grains below the standard weight, it shall be considered a damaged coin.
b. damaged goods: merchandise that has deteriorated in quality through unsaleability, exposure to the elements, etc. Also fig. of persons, esp. implying a woman's loss of virginity (see also quot. 1911).
1809[see good n. 8 b]. 1815J. Scott Visit to Paris in 1814 xiii. 264 Damaged goods of every description, were brought out for the Cossack-market. 1841S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year i, Didn't I feel like damaged goods, just then! 1872Porcupine Aug. 330/3 Everything seemed to be done in some shops to steal money and pass off damaged goods. 1911J. Pollock tr. Brieux's Damaged Goods 111, They are not bad cases [of syphilis]; they are simply the damaged goods of our great human cargo. 1936Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Nov. 925/3 When she came home, somewhat damaged goods in the world's eyes, her father was dead. 1952Essays in Criticism II. 176 Donald Farfrae is not aware when he marries her that Lucetta is damaged goods. |
