loogan U.S. slang.
(ˈluːgən)
[Etym. unknown.]
In derogatory use: a fellow, a ‘fool’.
| 1929 D. Runyon in Hearst's International July 126/3 The poor loogan she is marrying will never have enough dough to buy her such a rock. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 86 Bill's a loogin who always tries to wise⁓crack. 1933 ‘P. Cain’ Fast One 200 There's Rose, with his syndicate behind him, and all the loogans he's imported from back East. |