loogan

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English

Etymology

Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

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Noun

loogan (plural loogans)

  1. (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.’

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