dead beat

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dead beat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  dead beat \dead` beat"\ (d[e^]d`b[=e]t"), deadbeat
  \dead"beat`\(d[e^]d"b[=e]t`).
     a loafer, sponger, or swindler; especially, one who does not
     pay his debts. Same as Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]