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wrong 'uns

wrong 'uns is the plural of wrong 'un.

Meaning of wrong 'un

Noun

wrong 'un (plural wrong 'uns)

  1. (UK, derogatory, slang) A dishonest or disreputable person; a crook or rogue.
    • We might not have had that much to pinch, but they'd still have your brass candlesticks off the mantelpiece. There's always wrong 'uns, in every walk of life, who'll have whatever you've got from under your nose.2000, Gilda O'Neill, My East End: Memories of Life in Cockney London
  2. A googly.
  3. A horse deliberately held back in order to lose a race.

Forms of wrong 'uns

alternative formwrong'uns

Questions about wrong 'uns

What is wrong 'uns the plural of?
Wrong 'uns is the plural of wrong 'un.

Words near wrong 'uns in the dictionary

  1. WROL
  2. Wrona
  3. Wronas
  4. wrong
  5. wrong 'un
  6. wrong 'uns
  7. wrong crowd
  8. wrong crowds
  9. wrong end of the stick
  10. wrong foot
  11. wrong footed

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