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Meanings of deadbeat dad in English

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Usage of deadbeat dad in English
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Reggie had a deadbeat dad, and he was always scared of abandonment.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
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You turn him into a sullen superhero with a deadbeat dad, that's how.
Wired
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He wasn't a deadbeat dad; he was just the unluckiest guy she'd ever met.
The Fame Game
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I hugged her and told her that her grandfather was a deadbeat dad too.
Jamaica Observer
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He was a deadbeat dad, sued by both his previous wives for child support.
NY Magazine
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They treat me like a deadbeat dad, to be honest.
The Guardian
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Me ugly Euro-pudding; you deadbeat dad desperate to distract child on bank holiday weekend.
The Irish Times
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Niko writes about feeling dumb around smart kids and abandoned by his deadbeat dad.
BBC
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And it gives us an opportunity to really combat the image of the deadbeat dad.
Ebony
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Alarmed, he does what any deadbeat dad would do: he affects his best Jagger swagger.
The Irish Times
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Did it have to do with her deadbeat dad?
Starstruck
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He is the opposite of a deadbeat dad.
Ebony
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As Didi tries to aid her lounge-singing mother and deadbeat dad, Dawn lends a helping hand.
The Irish Times
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Then I tried being a deadbeat dad, gambling away watts using the Pikachu minigame - a tiny slot machine.
Wired
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When he expresses worries about the responsibilities of fatherhood, she explains that a deadbeat dad is exactly what she wants.
The Philosophy of the Coen Brothers
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Hawke is believable as the rocker and deadbeat dad, but maybe that's just a holdover from the vastly superior Boyhood.
The Guardian
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