jiboney

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noun

A low-level tough or thug, a mean man.

OriginItalian giambone →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounjiboney (plural jiboneys)

plural jiboneys

  1. A low-level tough or thug, a mean man.

    When I first saw him, he was being chewed out by some jiboney. I thought the guy was his boss.

    2008, Ed Goldberg, Dead Air
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    And that jiboney across the hall. He makes life worse than it is. Where he gets his money for booze, who knows?

    2011, Richard Matheson, Steel

    I don't mean a couple incisors that anyone could lose by saying the wrong thing to some jiboney out in front of Pope's Pub

    2009, John Flaherty, Puff

Origin

  1. Italiangiambone
  2. Englishjiboney

Possibly from dialectal Italian giambone (“ham”, also “self-important fool”).

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APA

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Chicago

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