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单词 wrongo
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wrongon.

/ˈrɒŋəʊ//ˈrɒŋɡəʊ/
Forms: Also wronggo.
Etymology: < wrong adj. + -o suffix.
slang (chiefly U.S.).
A bad, dishonest, or untrustworthy person; a ‘wrong 'un’. Also, a counterfeit coin.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character
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bad lot1835
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun] > a false coin
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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).
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