doogheno
English
    
    
Noun
    
doogheno
- (obsolete, costermongers) Something or someone good.
-  2012, Quinn, Anthony, The Streets, →ISBN, page 196:- Some sound of dismay must have escaped my lips, for Jo narrowed his eyes on me. 'Doogheno or dabheno?' he asked in a low voice, unable to diagnose it for himself.
 
 
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Antonyms
    
- dabeno, trosseno
Adjective
    
doogheno (comparative more doogheno, superlative most doogheno)
- (obsolete, costermongers) Good
-  1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 11:- Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."
 
 
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Synonyms
    
- doog
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