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goons
We have found lemma(root) word of goons : goon.
Definitions
[ɡuːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a stupid, foolish, or eccentric person
(e.g: I don't want to deal with Jack today, he's such a goon)
- a violent, aggressive person who is hired to intimidate or harm people
(e.g: he hired goons to hunt down supporters)
- a guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 19th century: perhaps from dialect gooney ‘booby’; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character ‘Alice the Goon’, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist
[ɡuːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- cheap wine, especially when sold in large cartons
(e.g: we sat in the kitchen drinking the rest of the goon)
Phrases:
Origin
:
1980s: probably an alteration of flagon, possibly influenced by goom
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