loogan
English
Alternative forms
- Loogan, lugan
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈluːɡən/
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Noun
loogan (plural loogans)
- (US slang, dated) A fool.
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 160:
- ‘You think he sent that loogan after you?’
- ‘What's a loogan?’
- ‘A guy with a gun.’
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 160:
- (US slang, derogatory) A Lithuanian.
- 2003, Donald Lehmann, Thirty-two, iUniverse Inc., p. 30.
- ‘Excuse me,’ I said. ‘Marcelonas? Is that your name, Doyle Marcelonas?'
- ‘Marcelunis,’ he said.
- ‘That's a real Chicago name,’ I said. ‘Right?’
- ‘Marquette Park,’ he said.
- ‘A South Side boy,’ I said.
- ‘South Side loogan,’ he said. ‘Grew up in Marquette Park and I live in Beverly now.’
- I thought I had him sidetracked. Loogan meant he was Lithuanian, and I wanted to take the conversation in that direction. Didn't get the chance.
- 2003, Donald Lehmann, Thirty-two, iUniverse Inc., p. 30.
Anagrams
- lagoon