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wrongos

wrongos is the plural of wrongo.

Meaning of wrongo

Noun

wrongo (plural wrongos)

  1. (slang) 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
    Synonyms:
    wrong 'un

Questions about wrongos

What is wrongos the plural of?
Wrongos is the plural of wrongo.

Words near wrongos in the dictionary

  1. wrongmindedly
  2. wrongmindedness
  3. wrongness
  4. wrongnesses
  5. wrongo
  6. wrongos
  7. wrongous
  8. wrongously
  9. wrongousness
  10. wrongs
  11. wrongsome

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