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no-goodnik

no-goodnik is the alternative form of nogoodnik.

Meaning of nogoodnik

Noun

nogoodnik (plural nogoodniks)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) A ne'er-do-well; a person who is no good.
    • Then at the last minute Harris was brought aboard as Dr. Zachary Smith, initially an authentic, lip-curling nogoodnik who, it was presently discovered, could be better used for laughs played off Mumy and a sober-sided robot (“You bubbleheaded booby,” sneers Harris. “That does not compute,” returns...1966 September 24, TV Guide, Radnor, Pa., page 25, column 1

Forms of no-goodnik

pluralno-goodniks

Questions about no-goodnik

What is no-goodnik the alternative form of?
No-goodnik is the alternative form of nogoodnik.

Words near no-goodnik in the dictionary

  1. no-goers
  2. no-goes
  3. no-good
  4. no-good ass
  5. no-good asses
  6. no-goodnik
  7. no-goodniks
  8. no-goods
  9. no-gos
  10. no-growther
  11. no-growthers

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