thuglet
thuglet noun: a violent or delinquent young person.
Noun
thuglet (plural thuglets)
- A violent or delinquent young person.
- Do you ever wonder why your children can't talk? Do you ask yourself why the grandmother of an unintelligibly mumbling 14-year-old thuglet speaks with the clarity of Myrna Loy?1993 January, Albert Pyle, “The Best Schools on the Planet”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 77
- Growing up a single parent's child in the quaint commuter town of Darien, Connecticut (his father died in a car accident when Moby was two), he bonded with the neighborhood thuglets who shared his interest in juvenile delinquency.1995 June, Michael Hornburg, “Moby Saves”, in Spin, page 54
Forms of thuglet
| plural | thuglets |
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Origin of thuglet
From thug + -let.
Questions about thuglet
- What does thuglet mean?
- Thuglet means a violent or delinquent young person.
- What part of speech is thuglet?
- Thuglet is a noun.
- What is the plural of thuglet?
- The plural of thuglet is thuglets.
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