roadmannoun [ C ]
/ˈrəʊd.mən//ˈroʊd.mən/plural roadmen UK informalsomeone, usually a young man, who spends a lot of time on the streets and may use or sell drugs, or cause trouble:
Roadmen don't talk like me.
He thinks he's some kind of roadman.
More examples
- Why have you started dressing like a roadman?
- He uses a lot of roadman slang.
- What do these roadman dialect words mean?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- rotter
- runt
- sadist
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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