loogan
English
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Pronunciation
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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: