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jiboney

jiboney noun: a low-level tough or thug, a mean man.

Noun

jiboney (plural jiboneys)

  1. A low-level tough or thug, a mean man.
    • When I first saw him, he was being chewed out by some jiboney. I thought the guy was his boss.2008, Ed Goldberg, Dead Air
    • And that jiboney across the hall. He makes life worse than it is. Where he gets his money for booze, who knows?2011, Richard Matheson, Steel

Forms of jiboney

pluraljiboneys

Origin of jiboney

Possibly from dialectal Italian giambone (“ham”, also “self-important fool”).

Words formed from jiboney

Questions about jiboney

What does jiboney mean?
Jiboney means a low-level tough or thug, a mean man.
What part of speech is jiboney?
Jiboney is a noun.
What is the plural of jiboney?
The plural of jiboney is jiboneys.

Words near jiboney in the dictionary

  1. jiblets
  2. jiboa
  3. jiboas
  4. jiboia
  5. jiboias
  6. jiboney
  7. jiboneys
  8. Jibou
  9. jiboya
  10. jiboyas
  11. Jibril

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