Meaning of chancer | Babel Free

Definitions

A scheming opportunist.

Ireland, UK, slang

Examples

“Actually, that's exactly what O'Dowd is doing in Get Shorty, presenting a taciturn thug with chewed up charm, a chancer pitching a movie in Hollywood.”

“From then on, Emin became fixed in many minds as the drunken chancer who boasted about her promiscuity and called it art.”

CEFR level