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degens

degens is the plural of degen.

Meaning of degen

Noun (1)

degen (plural degens)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Sword.
    • "Crash the cull—down with him—down with him before he dubs the jigger. Tip him the degen, Fib, fake him through and through; if he pikes we shall all be scragged."1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter XXVIII, in Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman, volume 1, New York: J. & J. Harper, page 228

Noun (2)

degen (plural degens)

  1. (Internet) A degenerate.
    • Discussions of the word are littered with quotes from the Canadian comedy “Letterkenny,” whose rural Ontario characters are plagued by uncouth “degens from upcountry.”2026 July 9, Nitsuh Abebe, “Has There Ever Been a Better Time to Be a ‘Degenerate’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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Questions about degens

What is degens the plural of?
Degens is the plural of degen.

Words near degens in the dictionary

  1. degenitalization
  2. degenitalize
  3. degenitalized
  4. degenitalizes
  5. degenitalizing
  6. degens
  7. degentrification
  8. degeration
  9. degerm
  10. degermation
  11. degermed

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