(US informal) handed (one) over to an
enemy; abandoned (one) in a cruel manner; betrayed (one). Formerly, to punish (a slave) by
selling him to a plantation owner on the lower
Mississippi River where
conditions for slaves were severe. ....and an attorney that handled a
lot of her
legal and monetary
affairs turned totally traitor on her and sold her down the river for thirty pieces of
silver....
(US informal) handed (one) over to an
enemy; abandoned (one) in a cruel manner; betrayed (one). Formerly, to punish (a slave) by
selling him to a plantation owner on the lower
Mississippi River where
conditions for slaves were severe. ...and an attorney that handled a
lot of her
legal and monetary
affairs turned totally traitor on her and sold her down the river for thirty pieces of
silver...
(US informal) handed (one) over to an
enemy; abandoned (one) in a cruel manner; betrayed (one). Formerly, to punish (a slave) by
selling him to a plantation owner on the lower
Mississippi River where
conditions for slaves were severe.