dead beat in English
noun
1
a person who tries to evade paying debts.
Putting that aside for a moment, let's look at why the stated reason for this bill - discouraging deadbeats from skimping on consumer debt - makes no sense.
adjective
1
(of a clock escapement or other mechanism) without recoil.
Imagine the escapement-wheel of a common dead-beat clock to be mounted on a collar fitting easily upon a shaft, instead of being rigidly attached to it.
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1. I really don't know what to be dead beat exhaustion cases more than painting, to be absorbed in the.