Wrongo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wrongo is a noun meaning (slang) Synonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
Meaning
(slang) Synonym of wrong 'un (“dishonest or disreputable person”).
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- wrongos
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