Scanger Definition
noun
(Ireland, pejorative) A person who is associated with petty criminality and who is seen as strongly identified with brand names in music, clothing, sport, vehicles, and so forth.
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Noun
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scanger
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scangersOrigin of Scanger
Dolan's dictionary gives the West Indian slang word "skanker", meaning an untrustworthy or unreliable person, as a possible source of the word.
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Originally, in 1980s Dublin, it referred only to women but has become broadened to men in recent years.
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According to A Dictionary of Hiberno-English:
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