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goon [guːn] n
1. a stupid or deliberately foolish person 2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) US informal a thug hired to commit acts of violence or intimidation, esp in an industrial dispute [partly from dialect gooney fool, partly after the character Alice the Goon, created by E. C. Segar (1894-1938), American cartoonist] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations goon n (US inf: = hired thug) → Schlägertyp m (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Noo ye're married to her, there's her bonnets and goons and under-clothin'--her ribbons, laces, furbelows, and fallals. |
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