wrong 'un
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A googly.
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
Inflected Forms
Phrases
good 'un
bad 'un
Frequently Paired Words
good 'un
bad 'un