low-down

slang terms for inside information

• “is that the straight dope?”

of the most contemptible kind

• “abject cowardice”
• “a low stunt to pull”
• “a low-down sneak”
• “his miserable treatment of his family”
• “You miserable skunk!”
• “a scummy rabble”
• “a scurvy trick”

(of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues