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Sep. 23rd, 2003 10:05 amloogan ("lu:g@n). U.S. slang. [Etym. unknown.]
In derogatory use: a fellow, a 'fool'.
1929 D. Runyon in Hearst's International July 126/3 The poor loogan she is marrying will never have enough dough to buy her such a rock. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 86 Bill's a loogin who always tries to wisecrack. 1933 'P. Cain' Fast One 200 There's Rose, with his syndicate behind him, and all the loogans he's imported from back East.
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In derogatory use: a fellow, a 'fool'.
1929 D. Runyon in Hearst's International July 126/3 The poor loogan she is marrying will never have enough dough to buy her such a rock. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 86 Bill's a loogin who always tries to wisecrack. 1933 'P. Cain' Fast One 200 There's Rose, with his syndicate behind him, and all the loogans he's imported from back East.
I love having the Oxford English Dictionary available at work.
