doogheno

1. obsoletecostermongersSomething or someone good.

   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.

   2012, Anthony Quinn, The Streets, →ISBN, page 196

   Antonyms: dabeno, trosseno

comparative more doogheno · superlative most doogheno

1. obsoletecostermongersGood.

   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."

   1851, Henry Mayhew, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 11

   Synonyms: doog · Antonyms: dab, trosseno