单词 | wrongo |
释义 | wrongon. slang (chiefly U.S.). A bad, dishonest, or untrustworthy person; a ‘wrong 'un’. Also, a counterfeit coin. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character argha1275 noughty packc1520 dunghill1542 land-rat1600 black sheep1640 cacodemon1711 mauvais sujet1793 bad lot1835 badmash1843 rotter1879 wrong 'un1892 wrongo1937 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > a false coin bad pennyc1400 countera1529 slip1592 black dog1665 swimmer1699 Brummagem1838 sinker1839 smasher1851 wrong 'un1899 wooden nickel1927 wrongo1937 1937 ‘J. Curtis’ You're in Racket, Too xxvi. 264 ‘Sure it ain't duff?’ ‘Never brought you nothing that was a wrongo yet, did I?’ 1938 J. H. O'Hara Hope of Heaven x. 139 If I ever saw a wronggo, that Henderson is it. 1953 T. Runyon In for Life v. 87 Tailoring skill was never called on more than in the case of wrongos. A well-known and disliked phony was likely to get a specially made suit not designed to please. 1968 L. W. Robinson Assassin vii. 78 Phyllis Carr was a wrongo from the beginning. 1985 R. Cook Devil's Home xxxiv. 163 I've had my eye on both of you..and you look like a couple of wrongos to me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1937 |
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