wrongo
wrongo noun: synonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
Noun
wrongo (plural wrongos)
- Synonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
- On Nixon's side, if you were not for us, you were against us; on the extreme anti-Nixon side, if you were for him, you were a wrongo; on the pro-Nixon zealot's side, a wrongo had no rights.2005, Before The Fall: An Inside View Of The Pre-Watergate White House, page 314
- They kept pretty much to themselves, a difficult thing to do on a boat designed for overall togetherness extending to monkeys, marmosets, parrots and a four-foot alligator. He—the man, not the alligator—looked like a wrongo.2015, David Dodge, The Last Match
- Synonyms:
- wrong 'un
Synonyms of wrongo
Forms of wrongo
| plural | wrongos |
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Origin of wrongo
From wrong + -o.
Questions about wrongo
- What does wrongo mean?
- Wrongo means synonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
- What part of speech is wrongo?
- Wrongo is a noun.
- What is the plural of wrongo?
- The plural of wrongo is wrongos.
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