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scanger
scanger
English
Alternative forms
Noun
scanger (plural scangers)
- (Dublin, Ireland, pejorative) A person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.
Alternative forms
- skanger
Synonyms
- chav
- charva
- charver
- skobie, scobe
- gurrier
- ned (in Scotland)
- pikey (in England)
- scag, skag
- skeet
- shams
- spide
- waa
- zook
References
- ↑ A Dictionary of Hiberno-English by Terence Dolan, Gill & Macmillan, ISBN 0-7171-2942-X
- ↑ Pyjama Party The Irish Times, 2006-11-11.