Fixer
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See also: fixer
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English fixer or from fixen + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
Fixer m (strong, genitive Fixers, plural Fixer, feminine Fixerin)
- (slang) junkie (drug user, especially of heroin)
- Synonym: Junkie
- 1978, Horst Rieck, Christiane F., Kai Hermann, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [Zoo Station: The Story of Christiane F.], →ISBN:
- Die Fixer sahen auf uns Hascher und Pillenschlucker mit einer ungeheuren Verachtung herab.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (finance) one who is engaged in short selling
Declension
Declension of Fixer