mangas
Definitions
A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.
Examples
“Impoverished, disenfranchised, the mangas lived by petty crime and occasional labor.”
“The mangas was expected to cock a snook at authority, to be quick with a knife and ruthless in avenging insult.”
“Many characters in long-running mangas grow⟳ up as their audiences do: they get⟳ married, raise⟳ children, and so on.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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