Meaning of wrong 'un | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dishonest or disreputable person; a crook or rogue.
   UK, derogatory, slang
2. A googly.
3. A horse deliberately held back in order to lose a race.

Examples

“We might not have⟳ had that much to pinch, but they'd still have⟳ your brass candlesticks off the mantelpiece. There's always wrong 'uns, in every walk⟳ of life, who'll have⟳ whatever you've got from under your nose.”

“Some reasons why Naseem Hamed might have⟳ been stripped of his MBE for speeding, where acknowledged wrong 'uns Jeffrey Archer, Shirley Porter and Mark⟳ Thatcher kept their honours.”

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