The Jungle

What are "downers"?

Chapter 5

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"Downers" were cattle that "had come in freight trains from far states, and some of them had got hurt. There were some with broken legs, and some with gored sides; there were some that had died, from what cause no one could say; and they were all to be disposed of, here in darkness and silence."

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The Jungle